Where the Streets Have No Name
Chapter 25
"New York? You are telling me now that you are moving to New York? After you made me give up the job I worked three years to land?" Carmen seethed. The reasonable and almost-timid girl vanished in a blink of an eye, and in her place appeared a hateful and quarrelsome woman that Edward had hoped to keep at bay. "You lying piece of shit! You promised to be there for me. You said you'd help me with the baby. How are you planning on changing the diapers, Edward, ha? Through astral projection?
"I knew it! I never should have listened to you."
The force of Carmen's wrath floored Edward. He attempted to rein in the situation.
"No, no, Carmen, you got it all wrong. If I am to accept this offer, it will only be if you agree to come with me. I am not going to leave you here alone. I meant what I said; I am here for you, and the baby. Please, calm down. It's not good for either of you."
Edward's admission seemed to appease her somewhat, but she wasn't about to let him go completely unscathed.
"Well, then you can forget about New York, 'cause there's no way I am moving back east so soon after leaving home. I've had had enough of that place. Plus, however much I love my family, I don't want to live within driving distance from them. Not now anyway.
"Beside, it's just a job. Isn't that what you said to me the other day? You'll find a residency here, I'm sure. If we are going to do this, we are doing it right here. So, buying a place shouldn't be a problem," Carmen said decisively, then trained her eyes on Edward in challenge.
Edward swallowed all his counter arguments and nodded in agreement. She was right; it was only fair. He suspected as much that Carmen would be less than welcoming to the idea of moving to another state for him, but he didn't expect the kind of hostility she just demonstrated. He didn't think she was capable of being so spiteful.
But then, he didn't really know her very well.
If Edward were to look for signs of the lopsided relationship dynamic that was to mark their life together, he would have found plenty that day. However, the future was still shrouded in secrecy and he had no reason to be too wary quite yet.
The world was made round so that we can't see too far down the road.
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