DAY 25: Tales Of Vodka, Long Days, And No Answers On The Love Life
DAY 25: Tales Of Vodka, Long Days, And No Answers On The Love Life
Day 25 Of How To Move On From A Man — 1LD
“Sorry I missed spin class this morning. Early meeting. What a drag.”
It wasn’t like her to not let me know she wasn’t going to be there ahead of time. Nor would she be so absent on her phone during the day. She could normally sneak away from the office for a minute to send a message or make a quick call. Things must have been tense today.
‘No sweat’, I replied. ‘You free for a nightcap?’
She responded with a thumbs-up emoji and I quickly put on my shoes and walked the few houses down to hers.
I knocked on the door and she answered, still in her suit, half tore open at the blouse. My poor friend looked tired, and defeated, everything I felt inside.
“Wow, rough day?” I asked, venturing into her kitchen and fixing us a vodka soda each.
“It was the worst. I didn’t have time for lunch or anything. And then I had this drinks thing for Taylor. I tell you what, you should consider yourself lucky to not be dating a Gallo brother anymore.”
GG paused, knowing straight away her assessment of her busy life compared to my heartbroken life was a misstep.
“Oh shit, I didn’t mean that. Are you doing ok?”
I handed her the glass and shook my head.
“Honestly, no I’m not. I have no idea why we’ve broken up. Did he cheat on me? Was I bad in bed? Did he discover he wasn’t interested in women anymore? I have no idea why he wanted to break up with me and I can’t seem to move on without knowing why.”
GG looked more exasperated than before.
“I don’t know what to tell you,” she said before taking a large gulp of her drink.
Part of me didn’t believe her. She was dating Douglas’ brother. She had to know why he dumped me. GG was the key to unraveling all this and I was convinced she was holding out on me.
I didn’t like secrets between friends, I never have. And they’ve always seemed to be kept from me. I couldn’t let this be history repeating itself. No way, I told myself.
“Well, you could ask Taylor and get him to find out for me. Then you could have something to tell me. You could have the answers I need.”
GG finished her drink, slammed it down on the kitchen bench, and nodded.
“Yeah, I don’t know about that. Perhaps you should go. I need to shower.”
Before I knew I was shuffling back to my house. In hindsight, it wasn’t the best thing to ask GG to help me.
But what choice did I have?
And isn’t she meant to be my friend?
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