I smiled at her and said, “I am Karen. However, I was wondering if Ms Tremont was available to talk to? I am trying to square a few things away and I needed to talk to her also. I would have waited to talk to her tomorrow when I returned, but I wanted to take care of this today if possible.”
“Hold on, I will see if she is free to talk now. I know she has a meeting in half an hour but she may be able to squeeze you in.” Karen got up and walked down the hallway, so I waited by the counter for her return. As I checked my phone, Karen came back and said, “She said to come right in, she will make the time to talk.” smiling, Karen sat back down at her desk and returned to work.
Ms. Tremont was sitting at her desk going over some papers when I walked in. She looked up and smiled at me, “Mrs. Bern, how have you been? I hope your personal time has been helpful. Will you be returning tomorrow, or are you here for an extension?”
I sat in the chair as she gestured for me to sit down and took a deep breath. “I will be here tomorrow, but I am here to let you know I am turning in my two-week notice. I won’t go into anything personal, but I will be relocating out of state and I wanted to notify you as soon as I could. I really enjoyed my job here, and it breaks my heart to leave, but things have happened and I can no longer stay here.” I handed her my resignation letter that I had prepared.
“Are you sure there is nothing we can do to persuade you to stay? You leaving will be a huge loss to our staff, the children here love working with you,” Ms Tremont added. I smiled at her as she talked, and finally said, “There is nothing you can do because it has nothing to do with my job, this is just personal and I need to do this for myself. I don’t want to tie you up, Ms Tremont. I know you have a meeting soon.”
“Jessie, please call me Mallory. We have known each other for a few years now and since you will be leaving us, let’s not be so formal. If you need anything from me, please don’t hesitate to call. I do have to add that I hate that we are losing you.” I walked over to shake her hand, “I will see you tomorrow when I return and I will start to notify the students on my caseload and their parents so they are aware of my departure.”
I should have been more careful, and I knew when I brought Carly to the apartment I was taking a huge risk. Don’t get me wrong, I love my wife and I wanted to start a family, but I needed some variety and excitement too. As I watched Jessie walk out the door after her news, I started working on a plan to get her to come back home. I know she stated she was moving, but with a little bit more time to cool off I was sure I could get her to come back home. I don’t plan on stopping what I was doing, but I can’t bear to lose my wife for something so trivial. I don’t understand why she was so worked up about what she saw. I was being careful and I only planned on having a family with her.
I sat down and started thinking of a plan to get Jessie to come back home. It was hard to figure out, since she had been ignoring any calls or texts since leaving. I know if I make a grand gesture of some sort she will come around. What could that be, since I am not sure the exact timetable I am working with. I knew flowers wouldn’t cut it because of this mistake. I know she would never agree to a dinner date, she has been looking to start her own practice and she also has been bringing up a house again lately. Maybe if I go out and search for a place for her to open her own practice, or I could scan the local real estate for a potential home. Granted, these were both big gestures that were expensive, but maybe that’s all it will need to be. She will be so touched that I was making this attempt that she will come home and we can still wait.
I went to my computer and started looking through the real estate posts for offices and homes to see what was available locally. It took all afternoon but I printed out a few possibilities for both to show Jessie I was serious about us staying together. I had just set all of these printouts on the counter in the kitchen, when I heard my phone alert me, I had a text.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.