town, him and my mom would always be in my thoughts.
The letter to the university had stated that I could come up early if needed. So that I could get settled in and find my way around before the semester started. Since their semester started Mid-July. I knew that now was as good a time as any to get away from here. It would hurt me so bad to leave and know that I was not coming back to Brad; or that he was coming with me. But there was no other choice. Brad had made his decision, albeit it had been the wrong one, he still made it.
Henry gave me an envelope before I left the restaurant and made me promise not to open it until I got to the school. He also made me promise that I would get a cell phone that I could keep in touch with my mother. He gave me five hundred in crisp one hundred dollar bills. He stated that I had no excuse not to now. I laughed. There was always something about this man that caused me to smile.
Getting home and talking with my mother. We both thought that it was a good idea if I left that night. Since it was only about five pm in Cedar Grove, PA, I would drive halfway and get a hotel for the night. Then arrive in New York on Sunday and sightsee and stay in a motel until Monday morning. Of course she is the one that thought of it, that’s why I loved her and why it was so hard letting her go. She had been my rock for so long. She was the only person, besides Henry that I looked up too. I would make both of them proud. There would be no doubt about it. I don’t care how long it took me, I would succeed.
“Oh sweetheart. This is for the best, you’ll see,” my mother stated
“I know…it just hurts so badly.” I sniffed, lugging the suitcases out of the house and to my car.
After I put the luggage in my car, I turned to her. She threw her arms around me, gripping me to her tightly. “He messed up. Do you hear me, Claire? He believed someone else over the woman he said he loved. Do not let that boy take another ounce of love from you,” she sternly stated in a choked up voice.
I nodded into her chest, and sobbed. I held my mother for the longest time, her swaying me back and forth. Our sobs echoing through the empty street. She released me and dried her tears, shutting the car door as I got inside. I closed my eyes putting the car in drive, and then I was off. Away from this town, Brad, and his evil mother. I was determined to look ahead instead of keep glancing behind me. It hurt like hell, and I was absolutely positive I would break down multiple times along the way. But I would make my mother proud of me. There would be no failing, especially since she never failed me.
I chewed on my cheek as I came to the last stop light. The envelope that Henry gave me was in the passenger seat, drawing my attention like a beacon in the night. Curiosity got the best of me and I picked it up. Turning it around in my hands, I opened it. Seeing what was inside, I laughed and then cried. Inside was a check that would cover all of my schooling and housing for the next four years. I wiped the tears from my eyes as the light changed.
I glanced in my rearview mirror, seeing the lights become smaller and smaller with every foot I sped in the other direction. Brad would always be my first love, more than likely my last love. There would be no way I would ever forget him. But the finality of it all tore at my heart. A tear slid down my cheek when the last of the lights left my mirror.
Chapter Six
Present day…
“Do you always have to work so hard?” Alex, my secretary asked.
Five years ago I started at Premier Inc. A top Public Relations firm in New York, NY. I loved it, loved the fast paced city life. It made it easy for me to forget about all that things I gave up coming here in the first place. The same day I got hired on here, Alex had been appointed to me. The rest is history. Even
The letter to the university had stated that I could come up early if needed. So that I could get settled in and find my way around before the semester started. Since their semester started Mid-July. I knew that now was as good a time as any to get away from here. It would hurt me so bad to leave and know that I was not coming back to Brad; or that he was coming with me. But there was no other choice. Brad had made his decision, albeit it had been the wrong one, he still made it.
Henry gave me an envelope before I left the restaurant and made me promise not to open it until I got to the school. He also made me promise that I would get a cell phone that I could keep in touch with my mother. He gave me five hundred in crisp one hundred dollar bills. He stated that I had no excuse not to now. I laughed. There was always something about this man that caused me to smile.
Getting home and talking with my mother. We both thought that it was a good idea if I left that night. Since it was only about five pm in Cedar Grove, PA, I would drive halfway and get a hotel for the night. Then arrive in New York on Sunday and sightsee and stay in a motel until Monday morning. Of course she is the one that thought of it, that’s why I loved her and why it was so hard letting her go. She had been my rock for so long. She was the only person, besides Henry that I looked up too. I would make both of them proud. There would be no doubt about it. I don’t care how long it took me, I would succeed.
“Oh sweetheart. This is for the best, you’ll see,” my mother stated
“I know…it just hurts so badly.” I sniffed, lugging the suitcases out of the house and to my car.
After I put the luggage in my car, I turned to her. She threw her arms around me, gripping me to her tightly. “He messed up. Do you hear me, Claire? He believed someone else over the woman he said he loved. Do not let that boy take another ounce of love from you,” she sternly stated in a choked up voice.
I nodded into her chest, and sobbed. I held my mother for the longest time, her swaying me back and forth. Our sobs echoing through the empty street. She released me and dried her tears, shutting the car door as I got inside. I closed my eyes putting the car in drive, and then I was off. Away from this town, Brad, and his evil mother. I was determined to look ahead instead of keep glancing behind me. It hurt like hell, and I was absolutely positive I would break down multiple times along the way. But I would make my mother proud of me. There would be no failing, especially since she never failed me.
I chewed on my cheek as I came to the last stop light. The envelope that Henry gave me was in the passenger seat, drawing my attention like a beacon in the night. Curiosity got the best of me and I picked it up. Turning it around in my hands, I opened it. Seeing what was inside, I laughed and then cried. Inside was a check that would cover all of my schooling and housing for the next four years. I wiped the tears from my eyes as the light changed.
I glanced in my rearview mirror, seeing the lights become smaller and smaller with every foot I sped in the other direction. Brad would always be my first love, more than likely my last love. There would be no way I would ever forget him. But the finality of it all tore at my heart. A tear slid down my cheek when the last of the lights left my mirror.
Chapter Six
Present day…
“Do you always have to work so hard?” Alex, my secretary asked.
Five years ago I started at Premier Inc. A top Public Relations firm in New York, NY. I loved it, loved the fast paced city life. It made it easy for me to forget about all that things I gave up coming here in the first place. The same day I got hired on here, Alex had been appointed to me. The rest is history. Even
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