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?”

work,” I say jumping up

on. Then Amber goes to fetch us a bottle of wine and we begin to drink. Three bottles later,

as if my head is in a vice the next morning when I wake up. I vow never to drink again until the next glass of wine and stumble into the kitchen for aspirin. I cook some breakfast and soon my headache is better but I’m not as happy as

Rick is getting married tomorrow and that’s it. I can’t say if we were ever compatible, but I know that we have feelings for each 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

of hard earned money because I get 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 decision from

usual wisdom, yes, but usually someone’s got to take the first step. If he

wish you would make up your mind. Are you with me or

I help

And consequences, I add.

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

go back to work until after the wedding? Or is it because if you do ruin the wedding, she can’t fire you?

the questions it’s asking make me think it maybe knows me better

lies disaster and a

with strong black coffee, Amber stumbles into the kitchen. She looks like hell. I help her take a seat and cook up a

just got your job back last night.

smile but say

to me,” Amber

red hair and her blue eyes that still look

tomorrow,” I

Amber says.

being silly,” I

“Why?”

had one date, Amber. I’ve just always had a feeling, an attraction

says nonchalantly. “Maybe

supposed to

him keep running into each other. It might just be coincidence but I don’t believe it. From all the coincidences you’ve told me about, I think there are just too many

can’t waltz in there tomorrow and pull a wedding

in love at

“I’ve seen

“So you believe in it as long as it

say that,” I say

It’s 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

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