A Thousand Reasons
Another long day behind her Cuddy made her way through her quiet Princeton neighbourhood towards her home. It was only now that she allowed herself to think of him. At work it was hard to avoid, especially with his most recent antics, but they were different thoughts than those she held now.
No longer wondering if he was waiting for her when she got home, no longer playing his game of trying to glimpse her underwear before she changed out of her work clothes, no more pretending she didn't notice him interact with Rachel more and more each day. No more.
Pulling her car to a stop in the driveway she painted her happy face on and eagerly went in search of her daughter. Approaching her front door Cuddy noticed brightly colored sheets of printer paper taped to the wall on the approach to her front door. Assuming Rachel and Marina had been playing a game or this was a display of the little girl's artwork brought a genuine smile to Cuddy's face as she approached for a closer look.
The smile faded away when she realised that while the writing on the paper was familiar it certainly was not that of her daughter or her nanny.
'I did something today'
Inhaling deeply she approached the second page with some trepidation.
'Well actually I did two things.'
She closed her eyes and braced herself for the final sheet of paper. Upon reading it she thought her heart had stopped.
'I filed for divorce
and
I checked into Mayfield
Why? A thousand reasons...'