Chapter 13
Jeff gripped a picture of Corinne and him in his hand as he sat on the couch feeling depressed. It had been a two months since Amy and Matt had walked in on him and Beth. Each day he called Corinne's number just to hear her voice on the answering machine and being too damn scared to actually leave a message. Amy still wasn't talking to him...he didn't even know where she disappeared to for a week...and Matt...Matt still talked to him but as soon as he brought up Corinne, Matt seemed to freeze up and either get up and leave the room or change the subject all together. All in all...Jeff was slowly sinking into the realization that nothing he could ever do would bring her back to him.
He remembered the day that he had gotten the boxes that he had shipped to her in London returned to him seemingly without being opened. However when he had opened the box he noticed that the letter he had put it in was gone...meaning that Corinne had read it and she just didn't care anymore. Once again he looked at the picture and tried to remember what it was like to be happy.
He glared as the shrill ring of the telephone interrupted his solitude. He knew who it would be. Beth had been calling him nonstop and leaving ambiguous messages on the machine about needing to talk to him. Still...he always felt like there was a change that perhaps Amy or Matt or even Corinne would call him and tell him that it wasn't all over. Grimly he picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Jeff...please don't hang up the phone." Beth pleaded.
"Damn it Beth...what the hell else do you want? You've already ruined the best thing I had in my life...if you want money just tell me how much." Jeff said through gritted teeth.
"Jeff...damn it! That's not why I'm calling. Please can we meet somewhere to talk."
"No...look I don't have time for this right now..." He began.
"I'm pregnant." She interrupted.
"What?" Jeff said in shock.
"That's right you asshole...I'm pregnant and it's your baby. I didn't want to tell you this on the phone but you didn't leave me with any choice."
"But...how in God's name did..."
"We had sex remember...or did you conveniently leave that out of your selective memory too?"
"Shit." Jeff mumbled to himself. "How do I know it's mine?"
Beth smirked at herself...she had slept with a local doctor to forge another letter of pregnancy and changed the date to exactly two months before when they had slept together. He would never know. She held back a giggle.
"I have a letter from the doctor's office...if you want to see it you're going to have to meet with me...please Jeff..." Beth said softening her voice. "I'm scared and alone...I've been living in a hotel for almost a month."
Jeff could feel his stupid heart feeling sorry for her...but damn it if it was his baby...he looked down at his left hand, now holding the picture in a pathetic crumple.
"Where are you? I'll come." He said resignedly...he had to know...willing himself to believe that Beth had made a mistake...because if she wasn't...and the baby was really his...then he knew it was over...and nothing would ever bring back Corinne.
DADADADA...yes the foreshadowing has come full circle...and now the trouble begins...
Jeff gripped a picture of Corinne and him in his hand as he sat on the couch feeling depressed. It had been a two months since Amy and Matt had walked in on him and Beth. Each day he called Corinne's number just to hear her voice on the answering machine and being too damn scared to actually leave a message. Amy still wasn't talking to him...he didn't even know where she disappeared to for a week...and Matt...Matt still talked to him but as soon as he brought up Corinne, Matt seemed to freeze up and either get up and leave the room or change the subject all together. All in all...Jeff was slowly sinking into the realization that nothing he could ever do would bring her back to him.
He remembered the day that he had gotten the boxes that he had shipped to her in London returned to him seemingly without being opened. However when he had opened the box he noticed that the letter he had put it in was gone...meaning that Corinne had read it and she just didn't care anymore. Once again he looked at the picture and tried to remember what it was like to be happy.
He glared as the shrill ring of the telephone interrupted his solitude. He knew who it would be. Beth had been calling him nonstop and leaving ambiguous messages on the machine about needing to talk to him. Still...he always felt like there was a change that perhaps Amy or Matt or even Corinne would call him and tell him that it wasn't all over. Grimly he picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Jeff...please don't hang up the phone." Beth pleaded.
"Damn it Beth...what the hell else do you want? You've already ruined the best thing I had in my life...if you want money just tell me how much." Jeff said through gritted teeth.
"Jeff...damn it! That's not why I'm calling. Please can we meet somewhere to talk."
"No...look I don't have time for this right now..." He began.
"I'm pregnant." She interrupted.
"What?" Jeff said in shock.
"That's right you asshole...I'm pregnant and it's your baby. I didn't want to tell you this on the phone but you didn't leave me with any choice."
"But...how in God's name did..."
"We had sex remember...or did you conveniently leave that out of your selective memory too?"
"Shit." Jeff mumbled to himself. "How do I know it's mine?"
Beth smirked at herself...she had slept with a local doctor to forge another letter of pregnancy and changed the date to exactly two months before when they had slept together. He would never know. She held back a giggle.
"I have a letter from the doctor's office...if you want to see it you're going to have to meet with me...please Jeff..." Beth said softening her voice. "I'm scared and alone...I've been living in a hotel for almost a month."
Jeff could feel his stupid heart feeling sorry for her...but damn it if it was his baby...he looked down at his left hand, now holding the picture in a pathetic crumple.
"Where are you? I'll come." He said resignedly...he had to know...willing himself to believe that Beth had made a mistake...because if she wasn't...and the baby was really his...then he knew it was over...and nothing would ever bring back Corinne.
DADADADA...yes the foreshadowing has come full circle...and now the trouble begins...