“Do you feel anything for her? At all?”

“She’s great and all ya know, but I don’t know if I’m looking for anything just yet.”

“You should bring her along to the Planet one day. I’m not saying it has to mean anything, I just wanna meet her.”

I glance over to see her smiling and I hear her chuckle.

“Fine, sure. I’ll bring her by.” She says before pulling her hood over her head.

…

We enter the studio and part ways.

“I’ll talk to you later.” I say as we walk away.

Shane nods her head towards me.

I approach my office door carrying the tray of coffees, when I feel it taken from me.

I look up to see Danielle.

“You’re welcome for the coffee.”

“Thank you.” She says. “I’ve been waiting for you. I have some big news.” She says leading me into my office.

“I just wanted to grab some coffees. Is this bad news?”

“I don’t know what to think of it.”

“You don’t know?” I say walking towards my desk and taking a seat.

She hands me a coffee before sitting down on the sofa against the wall.

“So, what is this big news?”

“I’ve been trying to figure out a way to tell you that, I just got offered a job offer outside of the city. San Diego, to be exact.”

“San Diego.” My brain tries to wrap around this. “What exactly is this job offer?”

“They want me to run a hairstylist studio for movie production. I won’t be just cutting hair, I’ll be in charge of everything to do with hair with actresses.”

“This is a big decision.” I say. “If you say yes, you’ll have to move.”

“Come with me.”

“You can’t just throw me under the bus like that.” My mind starts to feel overwhelmed.

“I know this is a lot, but just think about it.”

“Danielle, the kids are enrolled in school here, I just can’t get up and leave. My kids are also Bette’s children. How do you think she’ll feel about this?”

“I know, I know.”

“I don’t want you just saying no to this. But I also don’t know where this takes us.”
We go silence for a few moments before her pager starts to beep.

“They need me again.” She says standing. “I won’t give an answer until I know how this can work with us. I know this is huge but please think about it.”

Once the door closes, my brain explodes with thoughts.

“What the hell do I do?” I talk under my breath. This is an impossible decision that has me frozen in the tracks. My biggest concern are my children and ex-wife. “I have no idea what to do.” My words spit out again.

I feel guilty even thinking of the option of moving to San Diego. My friends live here. My children’s home is here. This isn’t fair to Bette. “So, how do I make a decision like this?”