20 September 2012
Chapter 18:
"what do you mean you're selling the shop?" I asked puzzled by her response. "I can't do it without Maggie. I'm sorry. I know I have you and you're a big help but we bought the shop together and I just can't do it without her."
I was hurting terribly from the even more bad news Maggie had given me and couldn't believe that my fairytale dream from when I was a child was disappearing. I knew that Cindy would make the final decision but left the house needing to clear my mind and have time to think.
I rang Jas hoping that she would be free to talk to me, but she didn't answer her phone. Five minutes later I got a text from her saying meet me at my place. I didn't understand why she was acting so strangely recently. At the time when I needed her the most she decided to desert me; I was so glad that I had Matt there to help me get by and make me feel happier in this horrible time.
When I arrived at the door a big lorry was parked outside the block of flats. I knocked at her front door and could hear a lot of noise from the other side. Jasmine opened the door in baggy track suit bottoms and a vest. "hey," I said looking around at the mess inside. "hi Soph, come in." "what the hell is going on in here?" the room was a tip with boxes and bubble wrap thrown across the room. "there's something I need to tell you Sophia. Sit down." There was a tiny bean bag for sitting on in the corner of the room and so decided to stand. "look Soph, I've been keeping something from you. Not because I like keeping secrets from you but because I haven't been allowed to tell anyone for months, and well, I guess now is the right time." I gently rested my hand against the side of the table as I knew it was another case of bad news that may completely destroy me all together. "we're moving." "moving? Moving where? And with who exactly?" "Sam and I, we're moving. He's got a new job in Denvor and he has to move so I've decided to go with him." "are you crazy?" I yelled, leaving a daunting echo in her tiny room. "you're twenty years old and you're going to move all the way to the USA just because your boyfriend has a new job?" "well, that's not the only reason i'm moving Soph, I'm pregnant. With his child. I have to be with him." "I don't believe this." "what exactly don't you believe? I'm pregnant! Don't you see? I can't separate myself and my baby from its father! Can't you just be happy for me?" "no, I can't. Sorry, but I can't believe my Jasie would be so irresponsible. Good luck with your new life, and thanks for telling me, eventually."
I couldn't physically take any more and ran down the stairs without looking where I was going as my eyes filled with sticky tears. Everything in my life was falling apart and I couldn't keep it together for much longer. The rain continued to pour down and I could here Jasmine plopping along behind me. "Sophia! Wait! Sophia please, I'm sorry!" I looked back at her with hateful eyes, I didn't want to feel this way about the person I had known my whole life but couldn't believe the things she was telling me. "i'll never forgive you!" I screamed jumping into my car. I stopped outside the shop and wept as I gazed into the heartless misery it had become. All my dreams had been crushed and I felt my heart slowing breaking inside, mournfully and out of my control.
by vera©
The Wedding Shop • Opuss № I