Life After by Victoria Smith

Author:Victoria Smith [Smith, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, LLC
Published: 2023-08-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

“I really think this Sue person is the key to all of this. I just can’t figure out why. She would have to gain something from it. But what?” He watched as she put the bacon on a baking sheet to go into the oven. She sprinkled on pepper and a tiny bit of brown sugar before sliding it in.

“She asked for nothing from me. And how would she know that putting me into an environment where I’m completely alone wouldn’t be bad for me?”

“Maybe she didn’t? Maybe she thought the solitude would teach you a lesson? What if she thought the lack of chaos and stress would be a punishment for you? Only it had the opposite effect?”

“But how would she know how it affected me?” Mia stopped, throwing the oven mitt onto the counter. “Unless she’s responsible for the footprints on the beach the other day? But why now? I’ve been here for months. Unless I didn’t see her.”

“Possible, but I haven’t detected any other person here or anywhere the entire time. I would have known.”

“And why would she want to teach me a lesson? She knew nothing really about my life? Yeah, I was super super stressed, and I talked, but I didn’t tell her everything. I didn’t tell her even an eighth of what I endured through my life. Why would she consider it her place to do this? Despite how much good this has done me, there is no reason.” Mia wanted to throw the onion she held through the sliding glass door. It was the angriest she’d been since she’d woken up alone and she didn’t like it. At all.

“I know. I know. Listen, I’ve sent the information on Sue to my boss. He’s going to look into her and everything that happened. We might not have answers until you’re back in your daily life.” He played with the handle on his coffee cup.

“What if I said I don’t want to go back to my old life? I’m perfectly happy to be around people again, but I don’t want to be in that city, and I don’t want to have to live with all of that stress. I don’t want to have to work so damned hard to make sure my mother’s medications and diapers are paid for. I don’t want to continue to put my dreams on hold to take care of the woman who hurt me every single day of my life.” She slammed the knife through the onions on the counter.

“I understand completely. I don’t know if I have any kind of power to change things, but I will see what I can do. Please don’t get your hopes up though. Chances are you’re going to go back and wake up in your bed the morning after having drinks with Sue. You’re going to be exhausted, and feel the effects of the alcohol a bit, but you’re going to go on with your day, berating yourself for opening up to Sue as much as you did.

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