Leaving
The next morning Emily set off to the office with her go bag and suitcase. She'd decided she was leaving and had booked a flight to Tuscany. It was far enough away from the memories and the man she loved. She'd had enough of being informed and having work take him away from her. All she'd ever wanted was for them all to grieve together but he'd refused to even grieve.
She left her bags in the car as she headed up to hand her notice into her boss and husband. Husband, how that word stung her! He was nothing like the man he was only two weeks ago. He was hardly anything like the man she'd married. She'd seen that man vanish before her very own eyes with no trace of him left.
She knocked on his door and he ordered her to come in. She went in and he didn't even look up yet he knew it was her.
"This is my notice effective immediately. I'm leaving and don't expect me to be at home when you get there. I love you but I can't take any more," she said placing the notice on his desk.
He still didn't look up. She stood there for a while praying for him to look up. Please, Aaron, please stop me! Show me you still love me. I'm going to walk out of your life if you don't. Please Aaron show me you still care.
As the minutes ticked by the blood boiled in her veins as he didn't look up. He'd heard her but he didn't know how.
Soon enough she ran out of his office in tears and got back to her car speeding off to the airport. She couldn't believe he hadn't even looked up to save their marriage. Did he even care anymore?
That night when he got home he found the house eerily quiet with no lights on. He found a note from Jack telling him he was staying at his best mate Jordan's. He suddenly got a pain in his chest and ran around the house looking for his wife.
He couldn't find her anywhere. It was true! She was gone and it was all his fault. If he'd only opened up and grieved for Toby she'd still be here but instead he'd shut them out and got on with work like nothing had happened.
He curled up into a ball on what was once their bed and cried his heart out. He'd lost everything! He'd lost his son, his wife had left him and Jack didn't want to be here.
To find out what happens next read my sequel here s/10100505/1/Grief-Consequences