CASCADING

RESOLUTION CHAPTER 13

June curled up on a cushion in the bay window of her room and watched the rain fall, she replayed all that Steffen told her before he left. Her heart felt heavy as she thought it over, 'It's one thing that he was engaged, but, now a child is involved. How do I deal with this? Isn't he asking too much from me? If I was in his shoes how would I feel?' She tried to sympathise as she stared out at the rainy terrace, but she was lost in her thoughts. 'It would be so hard to navigate a plan in my head if I were him.' She sighed deeply and followed a rain drop with her finger as it streamed down the window. "What is taking him so long? He said he would call me later and this is later." She said and got up from the window and paced the floor, back and forth. She looked at her phone on the coffee table as it flashed 6:45pm she felt a wave of depression and tried to will the phone to ring, but it didn't. She sat back in the window and brought her knees up to her chest and for a moment she felt derailed by this news that threw her emotions in a tail spin.

'It would be very easy to solve this problem.' She thought she could get to a conclusion. 'All I need to do is not push this relationship, and set Steffen free from making a choice between his son, if it is his son and me. Then there is little miss Annabel that wants both the cherry and the pie,' June felt sick in the stomach just thinking about Annabel and Steffen being intimately involved. 'She doesn't deserve him. Steffen is a good man, he's witty, keen, compassionate, gentle, honest and handsome, oh and not to mention a really really great kisser.' She giggled like a school girl and patted her chest. "Get a grip June now is not the time." She told herself. "Why should I just give him up because of his past mistake? It's not like we were involved then, so I shouldn't have to let him go." She muttered as she stared out the window. She had fallen for him and hoped that his feelings were the same towards her. "What am I to do God, what am I to do?"

June was lost in her thoughts until she heard the door bell and ran frantically to answer it. "What took you so long?" She shouted as she opened the door. "Oh, it's you." Disappointed at who her guest was she just turned and left the door opened.

"Huh? What took me so long?" Her Secretary Laura stood in the doorway surprised at her greeting. Laura stepped inside and closed the door. She carried a package and left it on the table and joined June in the window. "I didn't know you were waiting for me." Laura was confused. "And why do you look so down? Did something happened?"

June kept her gaze outside and sighed deeply as her thoughts swarmed in her head. She recapped the last thing Steffen asked of her, and that was to not run away and she sighed again. "I think I am running away."

"Huh? Running away from what?" Laura tilted her head to one side and pushed her glasses up re-adjusting them on her eyes. "Is this about what Dr Oneal said? Aren't you over thinking? I am sure you aren't the only case she had like yours, you only need to trust what she said about possible treatment."

June shot a look at her. "What are you talking about? Why do you know what was discussed between us?"

"Huh?" Laura laughed trying to shake off the fact that she eased dropped at the doctor's office. "I kinda overheard it, but anyhow I am sure that you can overcome this hurdle."

"You are not only nosey but you're a blabber mouth too!" June slapped her arm.

"Ouch! What did I do?" Laura rubbed her arm and pouted. "Why you so sensitive?" Laura moved away from June to the kitchen. "I know you, you keep to yourself, and like to bare things on your own in self pity." She started digging in the bags that she brought in on the counter.

"What?! That's not true." She really felt that her Secretary knew her well enough, but didn't want to admit it.

"It is true," Laura spoke with a full mouth and returned to the window with the container.