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?”

to work,” I say

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 asleep on the sofa and Amber heads off to the bedroom where she

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

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 goes ahead tomorrow. But I’m not someone to ruin things for others. I remember

Christine and Rick losing a lot 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

with it’s usual wisdom, yes, but usually someone’s got to take the first step. If he doesn’t and you don’t then that’s it. Are you going to leave it up to

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

I help you

And consequences, I add.

do something that would make her fire me again. And I’m pretty sure that if she fires me a second time, there’ll

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

voice but the questions it’s asking make me think it

a path of destruction I don’t want to be responsible

hell. I help her take a seat and cook up a

“You just got your job back last night. You should

but

Talk to

red hair and her blue eyes that still look like

tomorrow,” I say at

Amber says. “I get

just being silly,” I

“Why?”

even had one date, Amber. I’ve just always had a feeling, an attraction to him. Maybe it’s just

Amber says nonchalantly. “Maybe

supposed to

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,

waltz in there tomorrow and pull a wedding

in

I do!” I reply. “I’ve seen so many couples that have attested

nods. “So you believe in it as long as it happens to anyone else but

say that,”

didn’t have to. 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 for ruining the wedding.

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