CHAPTER 38
Tiffany
How many times do you have to be ignored before you get the message that the other party is not going to respond to you? I asked myself this question as I stared down at my cell phone. Damien had yet to give up so I had no choice but to answer his call.
“What do you want?”
“Tiff. Tiffany. When are you coming home?”
“I’m not.”
“So just like that we’re done? You’re never coming back?”
I sighed and tried to make it as easy as possible, but there is no easy way to leave a marriage.
“No, I’m not coming back. I will send the divorce papers once I get a draft.”
“You left me, and you are going to stick me up, too? Good luck with that. I don’t have any money left to give you.”
“I wasn’t with you for any money, Damien. I tried to stay with you. You were cheating. You were drunk. You are depressed.”
“Funny. When I had money I could drink, cheat, and you didn’t say anything to me.”
“Good-bye, Damien.”
“So, this is all my fault? Tiffany, please come home. You are my wife. I need you here. I swear I can make a comeback, but I can’t do it alone. I need you. We can get through this together.”
“Oh, no, we won’t. I’m not supposed to have to slave at a job. You call that taking care of me? You embarrassed me in front of the world, and you were still cheating. All of this was preventable.”
“How could I prevent an injury?” All of a sudden, I heard a weeping noise come from the other end of the call.
“Are you crying? You are a man. Men don’t cry.”
“Please come back home, Tiffany. Please. It’s been so hard without you.”
“No, leave me alone. Take care of yourself. Stop it! Damien, stop calling me. I want to make this as easy as possible.”
“So, that’s it? I lost everything. My job, my money, and now you are going to walk out on me, too?”
I ended the call and saw my mother standing in the doorway.
“Was that Damien again?”
“Yes, it was.”
“I am very proud of you. Take the time you need, but don’t allow grass to grow under your feet while getting husband number two.”
“I’m not sure I’m ready to be married again, Mother.”
“Okay, understandable. But it will be a little sad if you don’t bounce right back. You are too pretty of a girl to end up a cat lady with no husband or children.”
“I will bounce right back, and I won’t let myself go.”