Paradise Bound

Chapter 38

Mia hurries into my apartment with wine and ice cream in hand.

I close the door and follow her into the kitchen. She grabs two wine glasses and puts the ice cream in the freezer and makes her way into the living room.

"We'll have the ice cream later if the wine doesn't work."

I sit down beside Mia.

"Em Mia.... What exactly did you hear?"

"Duh.... That you and Isaac split up!"

"You mean Isaac dumped me!"

"See, that's where I'm confused, are you telling me he just dumped you out of the blue? Nothing happened to trigger it?"

"No.... I'm fed up of running through everything in my head a million times, trying to make sense of why he did it, when less than 48 hours beforehand he was telling me how much I meant to him."

"Hmm.... There's something fishy going on. He didn't just end it for no reason. Trust me I know Isaac, he's not irrational. He carefully thinks through every decision he makes, he didn't just do this on a whim. There is definitely a particular reason he did this....now all I have to do is figure out what that reason was!"

I take a big gulp of my wine and turn to face Mia.

"Honestly Mia, I'd rather if you just left well alone, whatever his reasons were.... It's done now. Its obviously what he wants."

"That's bullshit and you know it. I know how good you two would be together. Why would you want to throw that away if there's any tiny chance that this could be fixed, wouldn't you want to fix it?"

"Oh Mia.... You have no idea. I'm just so fucking exhausted of having to convince him that we should be together. It shouldn't be this hard, anyway, in a few months I'll be gone. Back home with a new job.... and a new life."

"Do you have a job organised?"

"Yes, a very fancy five star hotel in San Diego, I had a video call interview at lunchtime and it went really well. I'd say my chances are really good. It's for a hotel manager position, which is what I have always wanted to work my way up to."

"That sounds pretty perfect. I'm not going to lie. I'm going to really miss you when you're gone."

"I'll miss you too Mia but I'm sure I could still squeeze in the odd holiday to come and see you."

"You better. Well at least I'll have you here for my special day."

"Yes.... I'm glad I'll be here too."

We finish off the rest of the wine as we chat about the wedding and random things. Luckily there's no more talk of Isaac which I'm relieved about. It's just too painful to even think about him.

I hate that the only thing I want to do right now is text him, tell him that I'm thinking of him and that I miss him.... But I fight the urge to do that.

Mia soon heads home and I get myself ready for bed.

As I lay in bed, the loneliness that fills me now is almost unbearable. I just hope this feeling soon passes or I'm going to have a long few months ahead of me.

I get a phone call the next day, turns out the hotel manager job is mine if I want it.

I should be jumping for joy at this incredible job opportunity but there's kind of a black cloud hanging over me ever since Isaac broke up with me.

The weeks pass in a blur. Isaac keeps his distance from me which is utterly crippling. He mainly communicates with me through emails.

I spend most of my free time with Mia, I would definitely be lost without her friendship.