A New Departure - Ch 1, Part 3
Leaving is easy. It’s deciding not to come back that breaks you.
Chapter 1; Part 3
Heading back inside, Quinn made a mental list. Call Riley. Oh, what was she going to say? She sat at the breakfast island, tapping her fingers on the surface next to her phone. Lately she found herself doing that a lot. Sitting still, not quite ready to go. Not quite ready to stay.
The list continued. Book a flight, and text Joe to see if he can take her to the airport. She resolved to set aside the uncertainty of her future with Robbie for now.
As she stood in the quiet of their Hawaiian retreat, waiting for Joe, Quinn couldn’t help but wonder if she would ever return. Once considered a sanctuary, a haven, she now felt it was casting her aside.
She looked around the quiet house once more. Not goodbye, not yet. Just… pause.
Nonetheless, repeating Scarlett’s words from the age old movie, Gone with the Wind:
“I’ll think about it tomorrow.”
Your writing made me picture Quinn exactly in my mind!