That cliche line parents use when beating their children came to his mind: this hurts me more than it hurts you. He never understood the line until then. That fine tremble of her hand. The emotion evident behind her eyes though she was trying to keep herself together. It wounded him to see that pain in her.
He knew she lied when she said she didn’t want anything from him.
She was sitting in his office because she wanted something from him that he wasn’t giving her.
Then she gave up his business card. It sat there useless for anything but soaking up the wetness from her glass.
He shoved himself up from his desk as she apologized and then thanked him. Rising to his full height put him at an advantage to gaze down at her. He steeled his face and buttoned his suit coat with one hand before rounding the desk. He stood with his hand on the handle to his door. This served to keep her from leaving before he had his last word.
“You’re young,” he said, an odd thing to say but it was still on his mind. “You’ll get over it. And you’ll learn that this vulnerability, this helplessness that you’re feeling now is what relationships are made of. One person,” he lifted his index finger to signify the number, “can call it all of in an instant.” He snapped his fingers to punctuate his point.
His fingers tightened on the door handle, “I’m sorry, Julianna, to disappoint you. It’s better this way, trust me.”
He waited giving her a chance to say what she wanted to, and then pulled open the door for her. “Thank you for coming Julianna. I wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors.” He said in his most detached business man voice for the benefit of any eavesdroppers as if what they’d discussed had been purely business. He wondered if she saw it that way.
There was nothing he could do about it. He was convinced it was better this way. Better to shove down anything he felt for her down and away and forget about it and her forever.
He knew she lied when she said she didn’t want anything from him.
She was sitting in his office because she wanted something from him that he wasn’t giving her.
Then she gave up his business card. It sat there useless for anything but soaking up the wetness from her glass.
He shoved himself up from his desk as she apologized and then thanked him. Rising to his full height put him at an advantage to gaze down at her. He steeled his face and buttoned his suit coat with one hand before rounding the desk. He stood with his hand on the handle to his door. This served to keep her from leaving before he had his last word.
“You’re young,” he said, an odd thing to say but it was still on his mind. “You’ll get over it. And you’ll learn that this vulnerability, this helplessness that you’re feeling now is what relationships are made of. One person,” he lifted his index finger to signify the number, “can call it all of in an instant.” He snapped his fingers to punctuate his point.
His fingers tightened on the door handle, “I’m sorry, Julianna, to disappoint you. It’s better this way, trust me.”
He waited giving her a chance to say what she wanted to, and then pulled open the door for her. “Thank you for coming Julianna. I wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors.” He said in his most detached business man voice for the benefit of any eavesdroppers as if what they’d discussed had been purely business. He wondered if she saw it that way.
There was nothing he could do about it. He was convinced it was better this way. Better to shove down anything he felt for her down and away and forget about it and her forever.
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