“Not sure why everyone keeps saying it. It’s a good thing, right? I can finally move forward with my life, just as I had intended. It’s cost me a lot but, in the end, I know I’m strong. I got through the last three months; I can get through anything.” She gave her friend a grimace, “though I feel my counselling session on Monday morning is going to be very much needed.”
Padma laughed at her words and gave her another squeeze. “If you need anything, anything at all, you just need to ask.”
“I know. Thank you, Padma.”
She took her coffee and made her way back to her office happy for her friend but sad on the opportunity she had missed. She could have been the one moving forward with someone as great as Derrick Portman. Instead, she was stuck in a hellish purgatory until she decided on her
