For the first time since being home, I took real steps to fix the mess that is my love life.
I gave Daisy a ring from my dad’s study. She said she’d be over in a few. So I decided to shave off the stubble I’d been trying to grow for my movie project (now that I know I can grow it, I don’t need to look like a wolf LOL)
I met Daisy at the art gallery, and I was shocked by how different she looked. “You like it?”
Um…
“Seriously, you like it?”
I pretty much stood there with my mouth ajar.
“Say something!” she shouted.
“Um, you look … different,” was all I could manage to mutter. She was stunning. Gone were her braces and somewhat wild waves.
“I went to Francy yesterday when I found out you were in town.”
“Uh…you look great! Seriously…”
“Um… Daisy … there’s something I have to tell you.”
My heart was pounding at about ten thousand beats a minute.
“Daisy, I can’t keep lying to you anymore.”
“Lying about what?”
“I don’t expect you to forgive me for what I did, what I did was horrible. I did it without thinking and I’m sorry.”
“You leave and you don’t even say goodbye. I hear nothing, NOTHING, from you for months. I had to wheedle the truth out of Savannah. Then I happen to pick up a tabloid and it’s broadcasting that you’d found someone else…”
I let out a deep sigh. “I know. Go ahead, beat me up. I completely deserve it. I was an idiot and I’m sorry.”
“So, are you with her?”
“Look, Daisy … I need to come clean and tell you the truth. I didn’t tell my girlfriend in Bridgeport about you… and I didn’t tell you about my girlfriend in Bridgeport.”
“What are you saying?”
“I haven’t figured out who I want to be with – and I think I need some time.”
Daisy nodded. “Time,” she repeated. “Time.”
“My family is in turmoil right now. My parents are divorcing, my sister is about to go mad, my nephew’s about to have a kid – my head is spinning in about ten thousand different directions.”
Daisy stopped. “Noelle’s pregnant?”
“Yep.”
“Gosh, I forgot Neil was your nephew.”
“Things are pretty crazy right now, and I think I need some time to sort them out.”
“I understand,” Daisy whispered, “I understand.”
As a parting gift I left her with some flowers.
