(Complete) Nick has suffered sorrow and loss. He has relied on his family to help him survive. Can Nick ever find happiness and a love?
Sara has spent the better part of her twenties caring for the sickest people of the world. Realizing that her dre...
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Lily was still feeling well through Christmas and the New Year. It was bittersweet, but Christine put on a cheery face. One evening Sara invited her over to her little apartment, and she broke down. Sara felt helpless except to listen. She texted the doctor that evening.
🗨S: Christine finally broke down.
He didn't respond, and eventually Sara went to bed. She imagined he didn't see her text because he was with his wife. Were they having sex? She thought about sex a lot. It was foolish because her own experience with it was almost nonexistent and her chance of changing that wasn't likely. She had two bad experiences before twenty-one. In Africa, she only had eyes for Joe and she hadn't met anyone else since her return. She amused herself by reading romance novels and fantasizing about a married doctor.
The following day, he didn't apologize for not responding, but asked about Christine. He promised to visit and left on his lunch hour. The man who was texting her three to four nights a week had stopped communicating with her. Did his wife tell him to stop?
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Nick had purposely avoided her text. They would have texted for a while about Christine and then she would cut him off. It reminded him she had a life, but he didn't. As much as he enjoyed their conversations, they left him feeling lonelier.
Evenings were the loneliest for him. There was only so much television he could watch before it would become repetitive. The husband always did it. Uncovering great mysteries were never great. Sitcoms were becoming more stupid than funny. He could call Tim or Clare or his parents to talk. It wasn't too late for any of them, but they would just try to make him feel better. The problem was he wasn't sure what was making him feel sad anymore. He called Tim, who could tell he was lonely.
"I think we should go skiing," Tim said.
"I can't go skiing." Nick protested. He hadn't skied since before the accident.
"Jules will take your kids. She would prefer them to me underfoot."
"She loves you and you know it." Nick was jealous of the happy couple next door.
"Yes, but she is always willing to get rid of me for a day."
Nick considered if he wanted to spend his day off with his brother. "Does she know about this idea of yours?"
