Life Changing

Chapter 19

Three months had passed. Sam was in his hotel room in Pittsburgh. Penelope was in her room playing. There was a knock at the door. Sam got up to get it and was shocked to see Emily standing there. He still hadn't seen or heard from her since she lost the baby.

"Hi." She whispered. They hugged. "Where's Penelope?" Sam pointed to Penelope's room. Emily went into Penelope's room. Penelope was playing with her dolls. "Penelope."

Penelope turned around.

"Emily!" She said excitedly. They hugged.

"Did you miss me Penelope?" "I miss you."

"I miss you to."

"Guess what."

"What?"

"I'm back."

"Yay!"

"I thought you'd be happy to hear that." "Is my assistant ready to help me tomorrow at the make-up table?"

"Yeah."

"Good."

"I'm really sorry about the baby."

"Thanks."

"I think we should go out to lunch to celebrate." Sam said.

They went to a restaurant. They were eating.

"How's Travis?" Penelope asked.

"I don't know." Emily said. "I haven't seen him since we signed the divorce papers."

"Oh."

"I'm sorry." Sam said.

"It was for the best, believe me."

After lunch Emily went back to Sam's room. She and Sam spent the day playing with Penelope. They watched movies and ordered a pizza for dinner. It was nine o'clock at night

"Time for bed." Sam said.

"Can Emily read me a story?" Penelope asked.

"If she wants to."

"Come on." Emily said.

After Penelope fell asleep Emily went back out into the living room. Sam was sitting on the couch. She sat down next to him.

"I haven't seen Penelope that happy in a long time." Sam said.

"It was great seeing her to."

"So, how are you, really?"

"Well it's been rough but I'm really ok." "I'm still seeing my therapist." "That's helping a lot, losing Greyson and Travis hasn't been easy, but I'm ready to start my life again." "I finally feel like I can be a functioning human being again."

"How long's it been since you and Travis got divorced?"

"Two months."

"What happened?"

"After Greyson died Travis completely shut down." "I could understand where he was coming from but he didn't want any type of help." "I started going to therapy." "I begged him to come with me but he refused." "He became a person I didn't even recognize anymore." "He took up smoking and became an alcoholic and I just couldn't take it anymore." "I couldn't be with someone who had no interest in trying to get better." "So I filed for divorce." "It was a difficult decision but I knew it was the right one."

"I felt the same way when I filed for my divorce."

"The important thing is I know I'm gonna be ok."

"It's nice to have you back."

"It's good to be back." "So, am I back on your payroll?"

"For watching Penelope, yeah."

"I know you have your therapist but if you ever want someone else to talk to, I'm here." He said grabbing her hand and holding it.

"Thanks, that means a lot." "I should go." She stood up. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"I'll put your name back on the payroll." He said jokingly.

They both laughed. "You do that." She started walking towards the door.

"Em."

She turned around. "Yeah?"

"Penelope wasn't the only one who missed you."

She smiled. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight." She left.