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secured the seatbelt. “I lost my appetite.”
“Liz…”
“I don’t demand a lot of your time, Jack,” she said, exhausted and disappointed. “That should have been perfect for you, but apparently still not enough.”
“There’s the potential promotion,” Jack reasoned, as he drove.
“Then what, when you get promoted, will I still see you then?” she asked, voicing out what she thought the last time.
“Don’t be like that, Liz,” he said.
“And you know what keeps crossing my mind?” Liz asked. “When I told you about the dinner with my parents you were on board immediately and never forgot about it. And you picked me up on time. It makes me wonder.”
“What are you trying to say?” Jack said gravely after a pause.
“You tell me, Jack,” she threw back. She couldn’t quite spout out that she was thinking that he was just after her father’s name and didn’t care all that much for Liz. Her pride couldn’t handle saying it out loud.
He was unable to respond.
“And who was that guy?” Jack asked, a bit suspiciously.
Liz turned and looked at him incredulously. “Are you seriously asking me that? My goodness. Good thing Ben was there or I would have been waiting there alone in the dark. For you.”
“I’m sorry, Liz,” he said.
Liz remained quiet as Jack drove towards her apartment for the next minutes.
Emily’s words echoed in her brain.
For how long can you take it?
It seemed like she has just about had it.
When Jack parked the car in front of her building, Liz knew she had to say something.
“I think we should end this, Jack,” she said, trying to control the shaking of her voice.
“Liz, no…” he pleaded, reaching for her hand, but Liz pulled her hand away.
“I’ll make it up to you,” he said.
Liz shook her head. “It will always be like that – you having to make up for something. It’s not very fair to me, Jack,” she said. “I didn’t do anything wrong, so I don’t think I deserve this.”
“You might need some time to think,” Jack said. “You’re mad at me now, and it’s my fault. But maybe we can discuss tomorrow how we can work it out.”
Liz shook her head. “I’ve been thinking about it for weeks now. I tried, really, but I’m sorry I can’t do this anymore.”
Knowing nothing else could be achieved if she stayed, she gathered her stuff and said, “Goodbye, Jack.”
She quickly got out of the car and ran into her building before Jack had the chance to follow her.
She rushed up to her apartment. She took the stairs four flights up and as she reached her door, she was catching her breath not because of tiredness, but because of the mixture of emotions choking her.
Managing to unlock her door, she entered the comforting confines of her apartment.
And that was when she burst into tears.
* * *
“You should have called us yesterday,” Emily said.
“Yeah! We could have had one of our sleepovers,” Brian agreed.
They were in Liz’s apartment, sulking over a couple tubs of ice cream and potato chips in her living room. Liz called her friends that morning to break the news, and they suddenly showed up in her apartment when they both got out of work, bearing the mass of junk food. She truly appreciated it.
She was doing better than she expected though. After the short bout of crying the previous night, she felt better. She blamed it on the fact that she somehow knew for a few months that her relationship with Jack was dying. What was left was some emptiness in her. Of course she did love Jack, and they did share some good times together. She would have to adjust to not having him in her life anymore.
Kayla shrugged. “I needed some time to let it all process. Yesterday was such a long day, I had so much fun in the family day, but the day still ended in a sour note.”
“Did he call today?” Brian asked.
Liz nodded. “He called this morning, but when I spoke to him, I didn’t feel anything. I
“Liz…”
“I don’t demand a lot of your time, Jack,” she said, exhausted and disappointed. “That should have been perfect for you, but apparently still not enough.”
“There’s the potential promotion,” Jack reasoned, as he drove.
“Then what, when you get promoted, will I still see you then?” she asked, voicing out what she thought the last time.
“Don’t be like that, Liz,” he said.
“And you know what keeps crossing my mind?” Liz asked. “When I told you about the dinner with my parents you were on board immediately and never forgot about it. And you picked me up on time. It makes me wonder.”
“What are you trying to say?” Jack said gravely after a pause.
“You tell me, Jack,” she threw back. She couldn’t quite spout out that she was thinking that he was just after her father’s name and didn’t care all that much for Liz. Her pride couldn’t handle saying it out loud.
He was unable to respond.
“And who was that guy?” Jack asked, a bit suspiciously.
Liz turned and looked at him incredulously. “Are you seriously asking me that? My goodness. Good thing Ben was there or I would have been waiting there alone in the dark. For you.”
“I’m sorry, Liz,” he said.
Liz remained quiet as Jack drove towards her apartment for the next minutes.
Emily’s words echoed in her brain.
For how long can you take it?
It seemed like she has just about had it.
When Jack parked the car in front of her building, Liz knew she had to say something.
“I think we should end this, Jack,” she said, trying to control the shaking of her voice.
“Liz, no…” he pleaded, reaching for her hand, but Liz pulled her hand away.
“I’ll make it up to you,” he said.
Liz shook her head. “It will always be like that – you having to make up for something. It’s not very fair to me, Jack,” she said. “I didn’t do anything wrong, so I don’t think I deserve this.”
“You might need some time to think,” Jack said. “You’re mad at me now, and it’s my fault. But maybe we can discuss tomorrow how we can work it out.”
Liz shook her head. “I’ve been thinking about it for weeks now. I tried, really, but I’m sorry I can’t do this anymore.”
Knowing nothing else could be achieved if she stayed, she gathered her stuff and said, “Goodbye, Jack.”
She quickly got out of the car and ran into her building before Jack had the chance to follow her.
She rushed up to her apartment. She took the stairs four flights up and as she reached her door, she was catching her breath not because of tiredness, but because of the mixture of emotions choking her.
Managing to unlock her door, she entered the comforting confines of her apartment.
And that was when she burst into tears.
* * *
“You should have called us yesterday,” Emily said.
“Yeah! We could have had one of our sleepovers,” Brian agreed.
They were in Liz’s apartment, sulking over a couple tubs of ice cream and potato chips in her living room. Liz called her friends that morning to break the news, and they suddenly showed up in her apartment when they both got out of work, bearing the mass of junk food. She truly appreciated it.
She was doing better than she expected though. After the short bout of crying the previous night, she felt better. She blamed it on the fact that she somehow knew for a few months that her relationship with Jack was dying. What was left was some emptiness in her. Of course she did love Jack, and they did share some good times together. She would have to adjust to not having him in her life anymore.
Kayla shrugged. “I needed some time to let it all process. Yesterday was such a long day, I had so much fun in the family day, but the day still ended in a sour note.”
“Did he call today?” Brian asked.
Liz nodded. “He called this morning, but when I spoke to him, I didn’t feel anything. I
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