Escaping Love (Rewrite) [Book #1]

Chapter 48

Disclaimer/Trigger Warning: This chapter contains/mentions verbal and physical abuse, plus violence!

~~~<>~~~<>~~~<>~~~

|| JACKIE ||

|| Tuesday, March 10th ||

When Charlotte and I arrived home, she remembered something, "Do you mind picking up the mail? I completely spaced it for the past week."

"Sure," I said as I walked back out the door. Once I retrieved the envelopes, I began looking through them as I walked back to the apartment. The stack became heavier since we skipped a week of picking up the mail. When the small envelopes were out of the way, my eyes widened as I began sprinting back to the apartment. "Charlotte! Babe!"

"Yeah?" Charlotte said, running out of the bedroom slightly startled.

I held up the big packets of papers, "The three colleges all want to take me in!"

"What?" Charlotte asked, smiling widely with disbelief.

"Yeah. Remember? I sent in all three applications back in November and December!"

Charlotte ran over to me, wrapping her arms around my body, "I'm so proud of you." I felt her pick me up and spin me around. I was laughing before she placed me back on my feet.

"There's just one small problem? I don't know which to accept."

"Well, you don't need to make a final decision until the end of April, the latest," Charlotte said, reassuring my worry. "We can sit down and discuss your options."

"Maybe later tonight. I do have homework to do, and I don't want to forget that."

Charlotte nodded, and I placed the envelopes on the living room table. Her arms went around my waist from behind and kissed my shoulder. "I'm so proud of you. You're doing very well, and I can't wait to see your progress."

"Thank you."

~~~<>~~~<>~~~<>~~~

That night we had all three options laid out on the bed as I sat in the middle of the mattress staring at them. The bed dipped, and Charlotte joined me. I leaned against her and let out a long sigh.

"Okay, what have you gotten out of the three colleges?"

"Well, two are in California, while the other is here in Seattle. If I choose Los Angeles, I'd be staying in a dorm, and I'll be away from you. If I choose San Diego, I can live you Tim, otherwise Emily. It will still be a long-distance relationship with you, though. Finally, going to the University of Washington, we can continue to live together, and I'll be close to my parents and Amber," I sighed. "I don't know. They're all excellent, and I applied to multiple if I didn't get accepted here.

"So, you're accepted in all three. There's no need to rush a decision. I will be happy for you no matter where you choose to go. I don't want to sway your decision."

"But sometimes I want you to. I feel like I want to stay here. I think I know I want to stay here, but I'm happy that I was capable of getting accepted into all three colleges. I also wanted to talk to you about my options before I choose one for sure."

Charlotte tightened her grip around me. "I appreciate that you wanted to consider us in your choice."

"Of course I do. You are who I'm married to, and you have the right to know my future routes."

She nodded, "Thank you."

I stared at the packets again and looked at all the sorted papers with its colors.