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1 M O N T H L A T E R
After weeks and weeks of consideration - I finally decided to take the job at EMI. It took me a while to convince myself, but I decided to say 'fuck it' and do something that's out of my comfort zone.
I have a meeting scheduled for a few days time with the people in the business. They want to meet me and tell me what they want to do with me being in the industry. Since I'm new to it all, they'll introduce me to everything.
So far, I've only emailed EMI to tell them I took the offer. They replied back with the time they would like to meet me, so that's all I know. It can still go downhill from here, so I'm trying not to get my hopes up.
My parents left for Austria a couple of weeks back, I drove them to the airport and bid them goodbye. I cried. Which isn't a surprise. They did too, but my dad tried his best to hide it. I could see right through him, though.
Despite all of that, I'm happy that they're together. My mum hated being a single parent while I grew up. She knew my dad's job, but she almost got to the point where she gave up. Luckily, my dad came home and mended her. My dad found it hard, too. He always called when he could, but it wasn't very often. With both of them now together, I'm happy they can be close to each other.
Right now, I'm driving back from Derek and Anne's house since they had Lily and Jake for the day. I decided to drive past my parents house, just to shorten the drive, but also to check up on it.
I drove through the street my parents' house is in and saw a sign up ahead, near the house. My heart started to beat faster in my chest, and I eventually pulled up outside the house to see a sign I never thought I'd see.
For Sale.
I sadly looked at the house where I grew up. I felt like all of my childhood had just been thrown away. My whole life I grew up in that house. So many memories in there.. my first word, my first steps, my first boyfriend... it's all in my head now, as memories.
"Mummy, why are we here?" Lily's voice brought me out of my trance. It was then I realised a couple of tears had escaped my eyes and slid down my cheeks. I quickly brought my hands up to my face and pressed my palms against my cheeks to try and keep everything inside. I can't have a breakdown in front of my own children.
"Just checking on the house, sweetheart." I turned to face Lily who was looking out of the car window at the house my parents once owned.
After a few seconds to compose myself, I pulled away from the house and made my way home - to Brad.
I arrive home within a matter of minutes, still feeling the emptiness in the pit of my stomach as I reminded myself that my parents put their house up for sale.
