Off the Deep End by R. Jayne Revere

Author:R. Jayne Revere [Revere, R. Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Untamed Originals, LLC
Published: 2021-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

Alex finished packing and brought her bags out to the kitchen table. She would miss the cozy one-bedroom, her home for the past year. Most of the furniture would stay as it had come with the place.

Betsy’s tearful hug hadn’t had anything to do with her breaking her rental agreement. The place would rent out in a heartbeat. Betsy would miss her. Alex told her she would drop by for visits after her return, and Betsy had squeezed even tighter.

Her friend Lou would keep her few personal pieces and clothes and things she’d already boxed until she was ready to take them back at a new place. The two cats she kept sometimes, Sami and Mia, belonged to her friend Natalie. Alex wanted her own cats, but not until she had a more permanent place, so she got to cat-sit when Natalie went out of town on her frequent business trips. That worked out very well for the current situation.

The joint checking account she shared with Lou for their art and photography business was already taken care of. Her own personal one and her savings she cashed out and closed. Though she loved to drive, she hadn’t purchased a car in the months she’d been here. She borrowed Lou’s when needed, and Alex lived within walking distance of their shop anyway, so it was never a big deal. Now one less thing.

When she informed her brother of her decision to travel, he was excited for her but not as thrilled that she might be out of contact for so long.

“Enjoy yourself, but call if you have any problems,” he’d said, and she’d assured him she would to ease his mind.

Lou and Natalie came over for a long lunch to hang out with Alex before she left and to hear all about what adventures she had planned for her travels. The suddenness of her trip had thrown them some, but she explained how she just needed the time away to regroup.

Dying to tell Lou the truth of all of it, she’d decided against that conversation for the time being. Too risky. With Aaron’s agreement, she had elected to not mention him or Les to any of them at that point. The fewer details her friends and family knew, the safer they would remain.

Bags ready. Accounts taken care of. People contacted. Utilities canceled or transferred back to Betsy… All squared away, and it’s only four o’clock on a Monday afternoon. So weird! Alex’s imagination worked over what few details she knew, recent events, and what might lie ahead as she now had time to sit for a bit and examine this whole thing. Now it was all up to Aaron and Les. Tomorrow morning they would be on their way… somewhere. Aaron had gone out earlier before her friends arrived for lunch but was back now with his stuff and napping on her bed to recover lost sleep.

What have I done? Mulling over the decision now, in the quiet of her mind, her thoughts drifted to her family, her friends.

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