Chasing After Her

Chapter 24

"Once I was 7 years old,my mama told me, go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely,once I was 7 years old,it was a big,big,world but we thought we were bigger,pushing each other to the limits,we won't learn them quicker,by eleven smoking herb,and drinking burning liquor,never rich so we were out to make that steady figure,once I eleven years old,my daddy told me go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely,once I was eleven years old,I always had that dream,like my daddy before me,so i started writing songs,I started writing stories"

    7years-LukasGraham

Carla's pov

Thank god! today is the first day of spring and tomorrow is the day I officially go on vacation!I decided on doing a little spring cleaning so when I come back, I won't have to do as much.

I made sure that all of my patients are booked with my co-workers.......a year! A whole year! I'll be gone.....away from all of this chaos and fighting and relationships.......a whole fucking year!

Huh,maybe taking a year off will be too long to stay away,maybe a 6 months will be enough,no who am I kidding I need this vacation.

And not to mention I still haven't talk to Mike and Alex because I have been avoiding them.Hey! You can't blame me, I'm still a wreck here....well Ok..... I just don't want to talk to them.

Am I a horrible person for not talking to them at all? I feel like I am,maybe this vacation will get my mind off of things.

I can relax,meet me an island man,have a relaxing year away....mmhhh that sounds perfect.

I already packed my bags last night,so I'm ready to go,I make sure I send a text to my landlord and tell her I'll be gone for a while.

And after that I'm off to the airport,with no regrets swirling in my head. While boarding the plane,I felt my phone vibrate,and I look down and see Mike calling me,I hit the decline button and walk to my seat on the plane.

Feeling my phone vibrate again,I hit the decline button,I'm not even out of the country and yet they're still bothering me.

Only 20 hours on this stupid plane, and I'll be on my vacation,thank god.Looking next to me I see a woman and her a child that looks about 2 or 3 years old,so I decide to make some conversation.

"Hi,my name is Carla,what's yours?" I ask

"Well my name is Morgan and this precious girl's name is Tess" she says

I wave my hand at Tess and she gives me a little toothy grin,awe how cute!

"So Carla,are you married,or have any kids?You don't have to answer if you don't want to"

"Well the answer to both of questions is no,where I am at in my life now is not the right time to get married or bring a baby in but hopefully in the near future I could one or both of those"

"Well trust being married isn't easy me and my husband split about a year ago and he seesTess every so often when he isn't flirting with his little play toys"

"I'm sorry"

"No it's ok,it was bound to happen I should have realized that he wasn't ready to settle down but I wanted him to,and I wanted so bad to start a family that it got the better of my judgement"

"So do you two share custody?if you don't mind me asking" I ask

"No it's ok,he only gets Tess when he gets a new play toy,and he wants to show them how 'good of a father he really is'"

"Oh,I'm sorry" I say not really knowing what to say

"It's ok,at least I have this girl right here to love and protect"