Michael's Blood by S S Bazinet

Author:S S Bazinet [Bazinet, S S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781937279097
Publisher: Renata Press
Published: 2012-02-11T22:00:00+00:00

Forty-Five

SITTING ON HER living room couch, Carol grabbed the remote and switched off the television. She moaned as she put an empty bowl on the coffee table. “Oh lord, I can’t believe I ate all that popcorn,” She had to remember not to make so much now that Kevin was gone. She let out a heavy sigh that had nothing to do with overeating. It wasn’t only Kevin that she’d lost. Arel had vanished too. And Peggy was caught up in her own world.

Carol’s life scenario was repeating itself. Somehow, when she got too involved with people, she always ended up miserable. Sure, things started out great, but that’s not how they ended.

She’d been such a happy child, skipping on the beach with her mom and dad, thinking she was the luckiest little girl in the world. Fast forward ten years. She was in her room with her hands over her ears, trying to shut out the shouting matches between her parents, crying herself to sleep when the word, divorce, got past her efforts not to listen.

After that, she was abandoned in the backwaters of their lives. Her parents’ bitterness and crumbling marriage took center stage. They looked at her and mouthed some ‘I love you’ sentiments. They told her things would be okay, but the truth was that they forgot about her.

So I ran away.

She wanted to punish them for what they’d done to her life. They destroyed everything.

Still, that was a dumb move.

She sat staring into her past, acknowledging her failings, but giving herself credit for rebuilding her life after her bad decisions. Little by little, she learned to be on her own. Then she had the bright idea that she wanted more. First there was Arel, who turned out to be a friend, which was fine. But, then there was the whole mess with Peggy getting weirded out over him. Then there was Kevin’s reaction.

Kevin, I thought you might be the one, but now, you’ve ruined everything.

They had enjoyed being together. They didn’t have to do anything special to have a great time. There was chitchat and interesting discussions, snuggling and sharing. When Kevin laughed, the sound filled the room just like his physical presence. She missed his solid body next to hers. Now, she had to move on.

Give yourself a break. Get busy. Start rebuilding.

She stood up, grabbed the popcorn bowl and hesitated. Rebuilding didn’t mean that she had to give up on her desires, did it? Sure, her old life was safer, but she didn’t want to go backwards. She wanted more than the same old routine. Before her breakup with Kevin, she’d actually paged through a bride magazine at the drug store checkout counter.

She walked to the kitchen and practically threw the plastic bowl into the sink. A new wave of self-pity hit and so did the tears. Before she could find a new box of tissues, her cell phone rang. It was Kevin’s ring tone.

“What now, more excuses?” She paused, wiping her nose with a napkin and taking a deep breath.

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