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"Sweetie, what is going on with you and Tate?" Joss asked, concern creasing her forehead "We’ve discussed this sothat you aren’t telling us the whole truth That you’re holding back at least a part of what you’re feeling and experiencing Are you still worried he’s cheating on you?"
Chessy sucked in her breath The very thought, however fleeting it may be, that Tate would ever cheat on her filled her with such agony that she couldn’t dwell on it for the pain it caused her She truly regretted that moment of weakness when she’d shared that fear with her best friends, no matter how little she truly believed it
"I know he loves me," Chessy said firmly "I knoouldn’t cheat He has too much honor If he wanted another woht with me and just ask for a divorce"
God, the word divorce sent waves of agony through her heart and soul even though she kneouldn’t coh her at the very idea of her er over because of the devastation it caused her
"But love isn’t about causing pain for the person you care about," Kylie quietly inserted
Lord knew Kylie recently had become very acquainted with pain and love and her own brush with the end of a relationship If she hadn’t kicked Jensen’s ass for ending things with Kylie "for her own good" they’d probably still be apart and absolutelyme because I haven’t told him," Chessy said softly "That’s onif he doesn’t know the proble a coward A part ofon business, tell hi a lot of money in the bank, while the other part of me thinks that if I just suck it up and ride it out a little longer things will resolve theo back to the way it used to be"
Joss and Kylie both sighed in resignation It wasn’t as if they hadn’t discussed this subject a half a dozen ti or approach to the problem but they loved her and supported her unconditionally And for that she loved theht to be frustrated with her They listened to her whine about a proble to address, much less try to fix Chessy knew she had her head firmly in the sand and was in denial over the state of her e, but to even contemplate any other alternative e was in trouble And she wasn’t prepared to do that Yet
"Our anniversary is this Friday," Chessy said, purposely brightening her tone in an effort to relieve the somber turn of the conversation "Tate has promised me an intimate dinner at the restaurant where ays have our anniversary dinner No cell phones No business He plans to take off early and he said the entire weekend is ours And," she said, drawing out the word, "he says he has very distinct plans for after dinner, so I can hardly wait I think having this, one weekend where it’s just us, will do wonders for et to this point I recognize that I’ better with Tate, for not telling him of my unhappiness But this weekend, when it’s just the two of us and our focus is solely on us, I absolutely plan to talk to hi"
Kylie and Joss both wore identical looks of relief
"That’s wonderful, sweetie," Joss said
"I’ree with you A weekend with just the two of you is probably exactly what you need to feel better about everything And talking to hie step in the right direction I can’t iain But as you said yourself, he has to know about the proble to be able to fix it"
Chessy s away as she soaked in the healing balirlfriends’ unfettered, unconditional love God only knew Chessy was usually the one freely dispensing advice and threatening to kick Joss and Kylie’s asses over certainhypocrite that she wasn’t taking a dose of the same medicine she dished out to her friends And that she was quick to tell theed off their advice Sound advice to boot
Ah well, noto have the best anniversary weekend ever She and Tate would rediscover the love she knew they still shared They’d spend a wonderful weekend together loving and laughing and she would talk to hi unhappiness It was tiuppy and take a stand when it came to her own life and relationship with a man she loved with all her heart and soul
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THAT Friday, Chessy sat at the table Tate had reserved at the restaurant for their anniversary dinner, resisting the urge to look at her watch There were a million reasons Tate could be late Traffic Difficulty in breaking free fro as he showed up and their weekend began, just as he’d proe, Tate had always gone the extra mile to make it a special day for her One year, they’d eaten here and then he’d taken her ho to the Bora Bora for an entire week