Righting Times Errors

Chapter 4

"E falling for you was never part of the plan! coming back here was never part of the plan! I need a break!" I argued with E.

"i've been here for 3 years and we've been together nearly every minute of it... especially the last 2 years. I'm taking a break, and i'll be back when I get back" I told him as I picked up my bags off the floor that I had packed this morning and my purse off the chair by the window overlooking the front yard of Graceland

"and where do you think your going?!" he argued back as he followed me out the door of my room beside his on the second floor.

"i don't know yet but i'm going somewhere. I love it here in memphis and Graceland but i've got to get back on my own for a while. decide if this is really what I want" I told him as I walked down the stairs and turned to head into the kitchen so I could go out the back door.

"Devin this is crazy! you can't just leave like this!" he yelled still following me.

"i can and I will Elvis! I love you but I have to have time and space to think. figure out what I want. if you ever want me to marry you then you have to let me go... let me breath, let me live a little bit of life here on my own" I yelled back at him as I threw my bags in the trunk of my car.

"your my manager devin! how can I work without you?" he shouted trying to close my door after I opened it to get in.

"Joe and your dad can take care of it Elvis! they do 90% of it, I just take care of the small details. after I showed them the ropes they handled it better than I did so I let them take over" I yelled.

"look i've got to go Elvis. i'll be back when i'm ready to come back and whenever I get wherever i'm going i'll send you a postcard to let you know I made it and that i'm okay but i'm not coming back until i'm ready to. tell everybody I said goodbye and I love them and i'll be back when i'm ready to come back"

"please don't do this Devin" he begged... I hated to hear anyone beg, especially him but this time I had to walk away.... I couldn't give in this time, I had to get away.

"i have to. just take care of yourself and i'll see you when I see you" I told him getting in the car and closing the door.

I started the car and put it in gear before backing out of my parking space as he stood watching me with solemn look.

"this is for the best Devin. you have to be on your own for a while" said as I drove around the side of the house

I knew already where I was headed... california.. I had someone I needed to meet.... someone waiting there for me. Steve McQueen.

3 days later I finally found a postcard and sent it back to graceland letting him know I was okay and where I was but still I gave no date or year when i'd return... right now I wasn't sure I really wanted to return back to graceland, I needed time away.. I needed to experience life without Elvis comforting my every move, making sure I had the best of everything.

I needed to depend on myself again and make my own decisions... I just hoped that he'd come to understand.

"hi, i have a reservation" I told the lady at the front desk at the Beverly Wilshire.

"whats the name?" she asked

"Devin Gray" I answered pulling out my drivers license.

"your in the penthouse, let me get someone to help you with your bags" she smiled and called a bellhop to attended to my bags and show me to my room.

6 months turned into a year in california and that year faded into 2 but I still had yet to meet Steve though I hadn't left Memphis with a plan on how exactly that was going to happen anyways.... if I had thought it through I would have left with a plan to meet the man only thinking things through wasn't always a skill I was blessed with.