January 22, 2014
So Happy—Theory of a Deadman (4:12)
The Glades
Callie
She'd tried so hard. She believed in her marriage vows. Really she did. She believed in fidelity. She had loved Ray with her whole heart once. Loved him with everything she had. Why did he have to turn it all so sour?
She wouldn't be the woman who divorced her husband while he was locked up. She wouldn't do that to him or herself or Jeff. They all deserved better than that. And Jeff deserved to have his father be a part of his life. She was okay with it.
And then Jim. Sweet, charming Jim who liked her son almost more than he liked her. Jim who helped her clean her yard after the hurricane. The man that let her son play in his pool whenever Jeff wanted. Took Jeff fishing. Taught him to shoot. Took him to state preserves to look for bugs. Jim who made her tummy flutter in ways Ray hadn't in years.
God! She hated feeling torn like this.
She loved Ray. She'd made him promises. She'd meant them. It didn't matter that his promises were made of pie crust. He did love her. Really did. But he'd made a mistake and now they were all paying for it.
She thought she might be falling in love with Jim too. She'd made him no promises. But she wanted too. She knew that Jim would never leave her. Not like Ray had. Jim was the straight arrow type. He might bend the rules but he always had a good reason. A reason that usually lead to a criminal being caught when it would have been impossible before.
What was she going to do?
Ray? Jim? Ray? Jim?