Author's Note: I just want to say that I appreciate all the nice reviews that I have read so far. Although, I did receive one from an anonymous reader that was not very pleasant. I am open to reviews but you always have a choice of not reading a story if you don't like it.
Things don't always go the way we want it to be I wrote a story which I felt was realistic. In my opinion, when best friends have a falling out, the way Jane and Maura did in my story, things just cannot go back to normal or the way it was after 6 years of being apart. Jane, in this story, shut her out of her life. She begged and she waited for Jane but Jane would have none of it. She even waited up for Jane to come see her on her last night in Boston but Jane never showed up. She also gave them a wedding gift. All Maura wanted for Jane was her happiness. And if Casey made her happy, she accepted it. But she also had to live her life. So she decided to move on with her life.
I recently had a falling out with my best friend. And we don't talk anymore. She decided that she doesn't want me in her life. I apologized and tried my best but she refused to speak to me. She blocked me from her Twitter and Facebook. Reality hit me and I had to get over losing my best friend. I have to move on. I cannot keep apologizing when the person doesn't want to listen. It taught to watch what I say and it was a lesson I had to learn. It cost me my best friend but life goes on..
There was a review from lyris who signed in as guest and what she said in her review was what I was trying to convey in this story. Maura was left no choice but to move on. An opportunity came to her which was to teach in Sydney and there, she rekindled her romance with Ian even if that was not her intention. And Ian made up for all the times he wasn't there for Maura. And then they started a family. When Ian died, she also chose to move on with her life by taking her kids with her back to Boston.
This story is about how one decision could change our life forever. The decision Jane made cost her friendship as well as a happy life she could have had with Maura. Maura's decision to move on gave her happiness she wanted and it was with Ian and their children. The decision also gave the opportunity for her to have stronger relationships with Hope and Cailyn. That is why Maura said to Jane "You can't live your life in regrets." Because in truth, life is not a fairytale.
I don't know if I will write another chapter or an epilogue yet. I will think about it.
