Chapter 5
"What do you mean you want me back? Cody, we haven't been together in a long time. What makes you think that you still want me?"
"I don't know...I never wanted you to leave in the first place. I was crazy about you. Not only were you my wife, you were my best friend. I can't even begin to describe how much it hurt me when I came home and found a 'Dear John' letter from you."
"I've built a life for myself without you-" he cut her off.
"So are you saying that I can't fit into that life anymore, Jenna?"
"I don't know." She got up from the bed and went over to the window overlooking the parking lot in the dark night sky. He sighed and watched her stare out the window, lost in her own thoughts. He gave her a minute or two to collect her thoughts before he himself got off the bed and stood behind her. He hesitated for a moment, before placing his hands on her hips. He took it as a good sign for him when she didn't pull away from him. "I know you you really want me to sign these papers so you can be done with me, but how about I make a deal with you?" he said softly. She was listening to him but couldn't force herself to turn around and face him. "What kind of deal," she whispered back.
"A deal where you stay married to me for the next two weeks and we try to work this out."
"Cody, that isn't going to work. I live across the country and have a job that I need to take care of; and you, you travel every night. It wouldn't work."
"We could make it work if you would take a leave from work and come on the road with me and let me remind you of why we got married in the first place; because you love me." He tightened his grip on her hips a little, pulling her back towards him so she was leaning against him. "What do you think? Do this for me, and if you still don't think you love me anymore, I'll sign the papers and you can move on with your life."
She sighed and turned around, looking up into the blue eyes that she once loved. "You promise that if I do this for you, and you'll sign the papers?"
"I promise, Jenna. But you never know, maybe you'll realize that you still love me and we won't need those papers." He was feeling brave tonight. He leaned down and kissed her very softly again. "I should get going. We're leaving at 10:00 tomorrow morning."
"Wait a minute, you mean you want me to leave with you tomorrow already?"
"Well, yeah."
"Cody, I can't do that. I only have enough clothes for two days and then there's my job I need to take care of..." and Andy, she thought to herself. What is she going to tell him? He was a great guy and had been very patient with their relationship while her job pulled her in all sorts of different directions.
"You're a smart girl, Jenna. You'll figure it out. I'll be back tomorrow morning at 9:30. Good night," he said as he walked out of the door and headed back to his own hotel a couple blocks over.
She groaned as she watched her soon to be ex-husband walk out of the room. She grabbed her cell phone off of the desk and flopped down on the bed. She had some phone calls to make. Luckily, everyone who she had to call right now were used to being up late, so getting a phone call from Jenna after midnight wouldn't be a cause for alarm.
She did the easy one first and called her boss, Linda.
"Hey, Linda, it's Jenna. Sorry to call so late, but I have a favor to ask."
"Anything for my star employee. What's up?"
"Well...something's come up on my way to Indianapolis and I need some time off, about two weeks actually."
