Supersonic by Anouschka Zagorski

Author:Anouschka Zagorski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: insider story, legal world, law firm, female boss, global financial crisis, working mother, fashion addict, financial world, inverted romance, coming of age
ISBN: 9781785388651
Publisher: Andrews UK
Published: 2018-04-22T16:00:00+00:00

11. Don’t Leave Me This Way

Seven minutes.

And not many more words.

“I don’t love you. I want to get married, I want children. You’ve already had everything. Amongst all women, you are like a Ferrari, but I don’t want a Ferrari. It’s too much. I just want a Volkswagen bus.”

“Hugo, please stay, you cannot leave now, let us talk about it!” I sobbed.

“I can’t. I have to go.” His face was hard but his voice sounded chocked.

He turns around, walks to the front door. Opens it.

Closes it from the outside.

He is gone.

* * *

Oh god, it cannot be. Please, no. That had gone completely wrong. Our agreed time out of two weeks was over this evening; I had been looking forward to seeing him, I wanted to dispose of all problems once and for all, make up for everything.

I could feel the rug being pulled out from under me. I slumped down.

I somehow managed to grab my mobile and press Isabella’s name on the favourites list.

“Love? What’s going on? Didn’t Hugo want to come by this evening for your big talk?”

“Yes - he was - here - he doesn’t - love - me - anymore,” I babbled breathlessly. “I - can’t - breathe.”

“I’ll be with you in ten minutes! Lie down and try to breathe very slowly - inhale, exhale! Are the kids asleep?”

“Yes-”

“Good. If necessary, wake them up and send them to your neighbour to get help. I’ll be there soon, love, I will hurry! Hang on in there!”

“OK.” I hung up and stared at the phone.

She must have knocked on the door and I must have opened it for her. At some point I was no longer alone on the sofa. I leaned my head on Isabella’s shoulder, my arms wrapped around my legs. I couldn’t cry. My entire body was trembling. The pain was physically perceptible - somewhere in my chest, taking my breath away. It hurt so much I was not able to think of anything else. I just couldn’t comprehend. Not Hugo. Hugo could not leave me. Hugo, who had told me one week after we got together that he loved me (and I had thought he was crazy). Hugo, whom I had taken for granted. Whose needs I had not taken seriously.

“Love, you’re in a state of shock. Please tell me at once if you are starting to feel any worse and I will call a doctor immediately.” Isabella was very gentle but I could sense her determination.

“There was one here just now.”

“My god, of course. I did not think of that. That’s even more irresponsible! He has an ethical responsibility as a doctor, doesn’t he? How can he, just like that, end your relationship, your life together with one sentence and then just disappear immediately? I can’t believe it!”

“He was here for exactly seven minutes.”

“My love, I am so sorry. You have my deepest sympathies. I appreciate that you’ve been carrying around this fear since your childhood trauma with your father, the feeling of being abandoned and now it’s like a nightmare come true.

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