Previously….

It was past ten in the evening and Tina was slowly drifting to sleep when Bette’s face invaded her thoughts again. Then she remembered that tomorrow will be their first real meeting, suddenly she felt a familiar tingling between her legs. Familiar yet at the same time surprising because she never knew that she’ll get excited over someone she just met a few hours ago not to mention to someone whom she hadn’t  spoken to yet..

Chapter 4

Bette’s POV

I normally wake up at six in the morning and then go for a quick swim before going to the office and this has been a morning ritual for me except on weekends. But today doing that is not an option since I slept late last night. I was so upset at Ed because he told me that he couldn’t get to Los Angeles for another week due to some business deals that he’s still trying to close. What even infuriated me more was the fact that he seems to be forgetting our anniversary on Saturday. I cried all night because I know that even though he has a business hub in LA and he’s willing to move here to be with me, his heart will always be in New Jersey.

I remembered what Kit asked me when she learned about my job promotion. She asked me if I’m willing to take the risk of moving to a different state when in fact Ed hasn’t moved on from the pain of losing our son. I explained to her what I’ve told Ed that moving to LA will not and will never erase the memory of our son no matter how little it was. I felt that we need a new environment. I couldn’t live in that house anymore, it just brings a lot of sadness and I know that if we will continue on living in the past then we can never move forward with our lives.

I took one last look in the mirror and liked what I see. I sighed heavily and told myself that today will be a brand new day. I pushed all the negative things in the back of my mind and headed for the door.

The traffic was surprisingly okay, thank God because I don’t want to be late on my first official day as a senior partner of Foldings&Sherman Law Firm and certainly I do want to make a good impression. I’m excited to finally meet the new people that I’ll be working with lord knows for how long. Honestly I’m a little nervous because I’m still not sure if I’m up for the job. When I think back about the little introduction that John Foldings did yesterday and the look on the faces of the employees which was a mixture of relief, fear and excitement a rush of adrenaline went straight to my veins. This is going to be a one hell of a ride.