(Char's POV)
Since Mia left that day I've felt a sort of emptiness, I've felt as though something is missing from my life and truthfully, I think that it's her. Things have gotten worse for me since my separation with my husband and it's even worse now that Mia is gone. Truthfully, even though I was quite oblivious to it, her noticing me made me feel a sense of comfort but now that comfort has been ripped away from me and I hate it. When Mia left I started to get bad again and now it's affecting my work, I've been snapping a lot at parents and I feel so guilty about it but I just can't stop myself from letting my emotions overflow.
There was one day that was good between all of the bad days though and that was my anniversary of working at the nursery, that day had gone great and everyone was so lovely and congratulated me on working here for ten years. The thing that made the day even better though, was the flowers that Mia sent to me, they were my favourite, black roses, she had got them delivered to the nursery and signed the card with the nickname that only she calls me. Marjorie had tried to insist that the flowers must have been from my husband but I told her that they weren't but not even that could've brought down my mood because I was on a high that Mia had remembered my anniversary.
When I got home that night I rang her number that I had found on the system. It rang a few times before she picked up.
"Hello?" She said.
I sat there for a moment in silence before panicking and hanging up the phone. I couldn't talk to her, I was too nervous.
The day after that was the worst day yet. Me and Marjorie had a huge falling out because I told her that Jodie shouldn't be working in the nursery because she is a danger to herself and others. Marjorie went off on me screaming and shouting and comparing me to Mia. That was my last straw and I went off on her, going for who she cared for the most, just as she'd done to me, I mouthed off about her and Reece and their innapropriate phone conversations and then Marjorie told me that she wouldn't include me in trying to help Jodie anymore. I was so done that I just said fine and walked away, hurt.
The next few days my emotions got worse and worse, Marjorie and I had a few more arguments and then she sent me off to the sister nursery after I went off on Summer for gossiping badly about a woman who had left her marriage. I couldn't help but shout at her as it struck a nerve and when Marjorie heard she kicked me away and told me she didn't want to see me. A few days after that when she had cooled off she had come to the sister nursery to try and fix things but Reece had left out Mia's observations from before she left and it didn't take Marjorie long to connect the dots, but she got it all so wrong. She blew up at me and accused me of cheating and then to finish it all off, just before she left she said "I've never hated you like I do right now."
I ran out of the office crying and bumped into Reece, he tried to ask me what was wrong but I just couldn't find the words to tell him so I just walked past him and out of the nursery doors. I got into my car and started driving, and I knew exactly where I was headed.
Our bar.
