He nodded his head again.
"What are you crazy?" I said hitting him lightly on the shoulder
He shrugged, and fiddled with his fingers.
"Narvel!" I said trying to get his attention.
"What!" he said picking his head up.
"This is serious!" I said standing up.
"You think I don't already know that? I think this is it." he said lowering his tone of voice.
"What do you mean?" I asked concerned sitting next to him again, showing I was there.
"Im filing for a divorce-"
"No, Narvel you can't, you can't do that. What about your kids, you're throwing your whole life away by doing that. please dont, tell me you won-"
He cut my off.
"I've made up my mind, its not fair to me, or Lisa, and I'll still have my kids Reba, I'm not going to abandon my family."
I shook my head at him.
"Reba, this is a gut feeling." he said trying to get me to understand.
"I don't know what to say-" I said avoiding eye contact.
"Tell me you'll be there for me" he said taking my hands in his. I suddenly turned to face him, taken back by his sudden action.
I nodded "Of course, youre here for me, I'm here for you." I said, hands still in his.
I looked down at them, and he cleared his throat and pulled away.
"Uhh, can I get you something to drink? I have coffee, tea-"
He held his hand up
"No you've done enough, im going to file now" he said standing up to leave.
"You can't do that!" I said getting defensive.
"Why?" He said turning to face me.
"They're going to think our divorces are related!" I said quickly.
He shook his head, "I've waited long enough, and if so let them talk" he said walking away.
I shook my head and folded my arms.
"What?" he laughed seeing my reaction.
"You don't care about my reputation, do you?" I asked.
"I do so"
"do not"
"do so"
"do not"
"im not arguing like this Reba, my marriage is over, and that's that." he said putting on the last of his belongings.
"Call me" I said before he shut the door.
I hope he knows what he's doing.
About an hour later my phone rang again, assuming it was only Narvel I casually answered it.
"Hello?"
"Reba?"
"Yes?"
I sat up realizing that it wasn't Narvel.
"This is Lisa"
I felt my face redden.
I tried to keep a steady voice.
"Oh Lisa, what can I do for you?" I said nice as can be.
"Well where's Narvel?" she said in a unkind tone.
