Long Distance Lover by Donna Hill

Author:Donna Hill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 2011-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

She’d spent more than an hour with Ms. Stevens, answering questions and taking evaluation tests. The conclusion: she was definitely dyslexic, not stupid and there were ways to combat it so that she could actually read and comprehend what she saw on the page. Her particular problem manifested itself whenever she felt stressed and was overly tired. The result was not that she saw letters backward as many with the learning disability did, but rather she was often unable to process what she saw and the anxiety of it caused the letters on the page to literally move in front of her eyes or what she would write made absolutely no sense to those who read it, though in her mind’s eye it was fine.

Ms. Stevens wanted her to attend some relaxation classes once per week and she would be retaught how to think and translate what she saw and read.

“It’s not going to be easy,” Ms. Stevens had said. “There are going to be days when you will want to give up. But the key to success is your understanding that there will be days when you will be unable to read and when that happens you need to relax, take a break and come back to it later.”

“I have a problem with numbers, too,” Kelly had said. “Sometimes I get them mixed up. I can’t even manage a bank account.”

Ms. Stevens gave her an encouraging smile. “You’ll learn how to manage that as well. Be patient. I know it has been a lifelong struggle, but you’ve taken a major step in coming here. Your life is about to change and that’s exciting.”

Kelly felt encouraged, better than she’d felt in longer than she could recall. She would be able to go into a restaurant and order from the menu not from memory. She’d be able to walk into a bank and open an account and maintain it herself. She’d be able to read a newspaper, magazine or a book and understand what she read. Yes, there would be bad days, but the good days would finally surpass them.

As she rode back to the hotel, clutching the booklets that Ms. Stevens had given her, she was filled with a sense of power. Something she only felt on the track. Now she would have power over her life, and the hold that David had over her would finally begin to loosen its grip.

As soon as she walked into the door of her hotel suite the phone was ringing. Even before she picked it up she knew who it would be.

“Hello, David.”

“How did you know it was me?”

“Lucky guess.”

“How are you? I called earlier and didn’t get an answer. Is everything all right?”

“Everything is fine. I, uh, went out for a walk. I just came in.”

“For a walk? Alone!”

“Yes, alone,” she said, trying to keep the exasperation out of her voice. “I needed some air and the walk is good exercise.

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