The Lives We Live

Chapter 4

"Hello?" The voice she loved so much was heard from the other line.

"Good evening, Cheryl."

"H-How did you know it was me?"

"I took your number from your resume. So that when you call I'd answer because I normally don't answer on unsaved numbers."

"O-Oh okay, well I called you to tell you about the job, I'm sorry if I called you in a wrong time."

"Don't worry about it. So what's your decision?" She asked eagerly, smiling at her sister.

"I accept the job offer, looks like I'll be seeing you tomorrow."

Toni's eyes widened and looked at Veronica who was drinking her wine. "Okay, I'll see you tomorrow at 9."

"Goodnight Mrs. Topaz," Cheryl said softly.

"Goodnight Cheryl," Toni said as she hung up the phone and looked at her sister. "She's coming tomorrow."

"Seriously?"

"Yes, seriously." Toni's eye's lit up from excitement.

"What happened in the meeting?"

The newspaper owner smirked. "She remembered me."

"She did?" Toni nodded. "And what did she say?" Veronica added.

"Nothing," Toni shrugged.

"Then how are you so sure that she recognized you?"

"Because when she looked at me, she got nervous, she didn't build a full sentence and she was scared."

Veronica sighed. "Scared of what?"

"Not from me, if that's what you are thinking. She got scared from the feelings she got when she saw me."

Veronica narrowed her eyes at her sister. "That's just your explanation."

Toni shook her head. "That's the truth, sis, that feeling I felt when I first met her on the airplane, that feeling made me look for her, ask about her, and get her back to New York. I got a job for her husband, and I got her a job in her same position she used to work in back in Toronto. Is it possible that all these feelings I felt and made me do all those things, she didn't feel the same even if it was a 1% possibility?" Veronica sighed.

"I'm sure she felt the same way, and she got scared and ran away." The brunette said softly.

"Toni, honey, all that you said could be possible, or it could be wrong. But in those two possibilities, you have your so called wife to think about. I told you, what you did was wrong."

The brunette sighed deeply. "And I'll keep telling you that I know. But I don't care, sis, do you know how long I've waited for tomorrow to come? A very long time. I used to go to sleep and wake up not waiting for anything."

"I understand Tiny, but did you think about her life with her husband? What if they have a happy life together? Do you know that you might ruin it for her?"

"If she loves her husband, no one in the world could ruin her life. Not me, or anyone else. And if she doesn't love him, I might be making her life better."

The younger brunette looked at her sister with confusion. "You are only saying that to make yourself better."

"Not true, if you love someone deeply, nothing in the world could ever change that Vee,"

"Tiny, she may not be in love with her husband, but she is satisfied with her life with him."

"If she isn't in love with him then there's no way she is satisfied with her life with him."