She looked at the paper in her hand once more before she carefully folded it and placed it into the envelope that she had already laid out. Tears filled her eyes as she slowly wrote his name on the front of it, she didn't want to have to be doing this but she had little choice in the matter and it was her own fault that she was in this mess.
Her heart was screaming out to her not to do this, that she'd regret it, but her head told her to continue as she walked the 10 steps from her office to his office. Thankfully the owners of the office she had entered weren't there, which made everything all the more easy. Jean sighed as she carefully propped the letter up against his computer monitor, being careful not to disturb anything else on the desk.
Perhaps that was the easy bit, for it was okay setting out to leave but it was another thing picking up your bags and actually doing it. She took one last look around her own office before with one hand she picked up her handbag, which now contained the most important stuff from her office and in the other hand she carried a chocolate brownie, which she happened to love but also was an attempt at gaining some energy after a night of broken sleep. Carol, her secretary had gone out to lunch meaning that she could slip out unnoticed. Only her boss knew that this was her last day so that no one could try and stop her or make a fuss. She pulled the door to behind her and headed out of the building that she'd worked in since she'd been fresh out of university, and walked over to her car. All of the things she treasured from her house, as well as basic essentials, had made it into the car the previous night while her husband was asleep. As much as she wanted to take all of her belongings, realistically she couldn't because then it would have been obvious to even her husband, who was so rarely home and when he was couldn't care less about anything to do with her. Anyway, she had no plans for what she was doing now, she'd planned to go and stay with her sister for a while but as far as plans went, that was a rubbish and extremely short term one.
She sat in her car staring straight ahead, taking in the views of Oxford that she didn't plan on seeing again anytime soon. Oxford had been all she'd ever known and now she was going to stay with her sister down in London, leaving everything she'd ever known and most of the people she cared about, including her son, because of the mess she'd gotten herself into. The radio sprang into life as she finally turned the key in the ignition, playing the album that it always did, James'. That was the final push she needed, she needed to do this there was little other choice. With the radio now off, she pulled out of her parking space outside of her old offices and drove out of Oxford, tears falling down her cheeks and splashing onto the steering wheel as she did, and with that she was gone.
A/N I hope you enjoyed this. Chapters are going to alternate between Jean and then everyone back in Oxford. I hope it doesn't get to confusing. Reviews welcomed, enjoy!
Beth x