Most girls would be jealous of Calliope Draycott. She seemingly has it all. The friends, the money, the boyfriend, and in a few years, if all goes to plan, she'll have the job too. So why doesn't she feel happy? It's after a disastrous family dinner...
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It's Friday.
The day of Theo's mum's job interview. I already know she'll get it because I might have gotten my Dad to mention her name to Kevin.
Even though he was all for making my friend get the job without help from us, he decided that he could at least drop her name once after I explained their situation to him.
As much as divorce sucks, he's been around a lot more and easier to talk to since.
He only mentioned her name once in passing, but Kevin isn't an idiot, so hopefully that does enough. Especially when my Dad isn't really the type to look over the CVs for other people's secretaries.
He also wouldn't have dropped her name if he hadn't genuinely been impressed with what he'd seen on her CV. Lillian had worked in a few secretarial roles before, some receptionist work, really she's done it all over the years.
So I know she's a shoe in.
That doesn't stop me from being nervous about it though.
Which is probably why I invited Isaac over today to exchange our things back. Because at least that gives me something else to focus on.
He's going to be here soon, and I still haven't found his favourite tie, and I'm hoping that he doesn't want the green dress back to return or sell.
While I don't want to wear it, because I don't want or need the reminder of the way we used to be, I do think it would look perfect on Arden and I've been thinking about giving it to her, and it just happens to be her favourite colour.
I finally find his tie under my bed, and my cheeks flush at the memory of how it must've gotten there. That had been during one of our better times, and while I miss them, it's nothing compared to the excitement I feel whenever I think about Theo and all the possibilities we have.
Because Isaac was my past and Theo is my present, and god, I can see him being my future too.
But it's too early to think about things like that. We haven't even gone on our first official date yet and I'm already thinking a couple of years down the line.
I'm so sure about him, more sure than I ever was about Isaac, and at the start, god, I was convinced I'd spend the rest of my life with him. Now look at us.
All of Isaac's things are now in a box, and I'm waiting for him to come pick it up, and until recently this is something I'd never pictured us having to do. Unless we were moving in together - but obviously that didn't happen.
Then I hear a knock at the door, and I know it's him. He's early, so it might not be him, but who else would have such a hesitancy between each one of his knocks?
When I open the door, I'm stunned for a moment. If I thought he looked broken up inside when we broke up, it's nothing compared to how distraught he looks now.
