Cold Feet

Chapter 39

VIOLA

After the phone call I sit down. I’m stunned. I can’t believe it.

Amber looks at me. “Are you okay?”

“I can’t believe it,” I say. I’m in a daze.

“What is it? Are you okay?”

“That was Lara.”

“Your boss. The one who fired you?”

I nod.

“And?” Amber asks curiously. She’s getting stressed and thinks it’s something bad.

“She just asked me to come and work for her again,” I say at last.

“What?” she asks, incredulous. She’s never heard of someone being fired and then rehired by their boss so fast if ever. “What’s the catch?”

“None,” I say. “None at all.” I told Lara I’d think about it but what is there to think about. There are no other opportunities like this. I call her back.

“Okay, I’ll be more than happy to come back. I just have one request,” I say.

“What’s that?” Lara asks sounding worried.

“I’ll start after Rick’s wedding, okay?”

“I was hoping…” Lara begins and then trails off. “Sure. Okay. Done. I’ll see you on Monday.”

“His wedding is still going ahead?” I ask just to be sure.

“Yes it is,” Lara says.

We end the call and I sit down. A smile slowly as Amber looks at me. “And?”

going back to work,” I say

of the living room as Dane looks on. Then Amber goes to fetch us a bottle of wine and we begin to drink. Three bottles later, we’re quite drunk. I eventually fall

never to drink again until the next glass of wine and stumble into the kitchen for aspirin.

other that we should have given ourselves the chance to explore. After tomorrow it’s never going to happen. After everything, the amount of times I felt as if I was pushed back to Rick, I feel like I’m going to be losing something important to me if this marriage goes ahead tomorrow. But I’m not someone to ruin things for others. I remember Ashley who I employed as

in the way. Besides, there’s two people involved. It’s not just my decision to step in and tell him how I feel. He needs to make the

voice rises up with it’s usual wisdom, yes, but usually someone’s got to take the first step. If he doesn’t

inner voice, I wish you would make up your mind. Are you with

I help

And consequences, I add.

with Lara until after the wedding because I was afraid I would do something that would make her fire me again. And I’m pretty sure that if she fires me a second time, there’ll be no going back. I don’t want to take the chance that I’ll screw up again. I need this job and she needs

that really why you didn’t want to go back to work until after the wedding? Or is it because if

answer my inner voice but the questions it’s asking make me think it maybe knows me better than I know myself.

and a path of destruction I don’t want to

I help her take a seat and cook up a storm for her quickly. Soon she’s feeling better,

job back last night.

but say

to me,”

hair and her blue eyes that still look like

tomorrow,” I

says. “I

just being silly,”

“Why?”

Amber. I’ve just always had a feeling,

Amber says nonchalantly. “Maybe

to mean?” I

into each other. It might just be coincidence but I don’t believe

there tomorrow and

believe in

reply. “I’ve seen so many

long as it happens

didn’t say that,” I say

pretty obvious. Why don’t you just go to the wedding and see what happens. Maybe just being there will be enough to make Rick change his mind then you don’t have to feel shitty about yourself for ruining the wedding. Otherwise you might just get closure on

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