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California,
August 1988
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CJ was sitting on the couch watching him pack his things into large suitcases.
"Do you have to go?" She whispered.
He turned to her and she shrugged because she had never seen his eyes like that before. "I thought this was what you wanted. I thought you'd be happy now when you finally got me to leave!"
"Toby." She began to sob. "I'm sorry. I'll change. I promise, I'll get a job or start school again."
Toby sighed. "I want to believe you so much but you've said that at least five times the last two months. Claude, I'm not changing my mind this time."
She bit her lower lip. "You promised never to leave me. No matter what I did or said," she silently said.
He looked at her and CJ thought it looked as if he had aged a hundred years the last six months.
"I guess I was wrong."
He slowly walked over to the couch. He took her hand and gently squeezed it.
"One thing I said wasn't wrong, though. I will always love you, Claude. No matter what." He kissed her on the cheek. "I'll send you the divorce papers as soon as possible. I'll stay with David and Sarah until I found something of my own. Take care."
He picked up his bags and opened the door. Before he left he turned to look at her one more time. Before the tears came he left.
TBC.
CJ was sitting on the couch watching him pack his things into large suitcases.
"Do you have to go?" She whispered.
He turned to her and she shrugged because she had never seen his eyes like that before. "I thought this was what you wanted. I thought you'd be happy now when you finally got me to leave!"
"Toby." She began to sob. "I'm sorry. I'll change. I promise, I'll get a job or start school again."
Toby sighed. "I want to believe you so much but you've said that at least five times the last two months. Claude, I'm not changing my mind this time."
She bit her lower lip. "You promised never to leave me. No matter what I did or said," she silently said.
He looked at her and CJ thought it looked as if he had aged a hundred years the last six months.
"I guess I was wrong."
He slowly walked over to the couch. He took her hand and gently squeezed it.
"One thing I said wasn't wrong, though. I will always love you, Claude. No matter what." He kissed her on the cheek. "I'll send you the divorce papers as soon as possible. I'll stay with David and Sarah until I found something of my own. Take care."
He picked up his bags and opened the door. Before he left he turned to look at her one more time. Before the tears came he left.
TBC.