Call her. Today,” she added.
“ Juelz,
what these guys ask for retainer is probably what I make in a year,”
Meg sighed.
“ No,
don’t worry about that. She is doing this as a favor to me,”
Julie promised. “Now I need you to tell me exactly what
happened,” she added. Meg ran her fingers through her hair
again.
“ It
happened again,” she admitted. Julie looked at her and shook
her head.
“ You
slept with Byron, really? And when was this? When he decided to take
your son from you or after?” she asked.
“ That
was not what we were supposed to talk about. The whole meeting was
about…he called me and said he wants to patch things up,”
Meg said. Julie felt sorry for her. She had heard this story so many
times, she practically knew it by heart. Byron knew that Meg had a
soft spot for him and he loved manipulating it. She looked at her and
sighed.
“ Why
do you keep on believing him, sweeties?” Julie asked.
“ I
don’t know…I just keep on hoping that he’s
changed,” Meg admitted.
“ So,
what did he say?” Julie asked. Meg went through her bag and
fished out her phone before handing it to Julie. “What’s
this?” Julie asked as she looked at the phone.
“ The
email he sent me last night,” Meg said. Julie took a long deep
breath and began reading.
Babe,
I know it’s been a while, but I really need to see you. I know
you think that every time we meet something awful happens, but I need
my family back. When we made our vows to each other, it was supposed
to be for life and maybe we made a wrong turn somewhere, but I know
you are not seeing anyone and I am also not seeing anyone. So that
should be a sign enough, right? I need you and you need me. Our son
needs us, Meg. If you feel the same, I’ll be in town for a few
days. Meet me at Reddington Creek at ten tomorrow. I’m in cabin
no. 14. I can’t wait to see you.
Julie
looked up and shook her head. She had every right to think that there
was nothing new in the message.
“ Babe,
this is the same shit he gives you every time,” she sighed as
she looked at Meg.
“ But
this is the first time he’s brought up our marriage,” Meg
proclaimed. Julie took another sip of her latte.
“ One,
he can’t get the boy, that’s given. And two, you need to
change your number. If he wants to reach you there’s email,
house phone and hell, Twitter,” she said. Julie took a long,
deep breath and scrolled her phone book. “You know what, this
is a favor I am doing you.”
“ What
is? What are you doing?” Meg asked.
“ Deleting
Byron Sadler’s number from your phone,” Julie said.
“Something I should have done three years ago when your divorce
got finalized,” she added. She looked at Meg and gave her a
smile.
“ What
is wrong with me?” Meg asked. Julie shook her head and stood up
before she walked round to where Meg was.
“ Nothing
is wrong. It’s just something we women have. It’s called
a heart,” Julie said as she draped an arm around Meg’s
shoulders. She heard Meg sniffling back a tear. “Hey, you’re
better than that. Don’t let him have the satisfaction of
knowing that he has you exactly where he wants you,” Julie
added. She pulled away and looked at her best friend. She hated
seeing Meg this distraught. “Right now, all you care about is
whooping his butt in court because believe me, if there is anything
Ashley Keen is good at, it is handing asses back to the other side
and on a silver platter no less,” she said smiling. Meg smiled
and Julie brushed off her tears with her thumbs.
“ Thanks.
I really needed that,” Meg said.
“ Actually,
you need more than just that. How about you and me blow this joint
and have a drink at my place?” Julie asked. Meg raised an
eyebrow.
“ Much
as I want to drink right now, it is not even noon yet,” Meg
gasped.
“ Well,
it’s way past noon somewhere in the world. In some places, it’s
already tomorrow, so in a way in their time it’s actually very
late at
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