Chapter 4

Sorry I lost my voice for this fic for a bit, but I got it back now :)

Chapter 4

Exhaustion finally won, Jon walked out of the shower with only a towel wrapped around his waist a few droplets of water still resided on his chest. Pulling the towel away and dropping it to the floor his body fell to the bed. Muscles he forgot he had hurt, even the finger he used to push the power button on the remote hurt. As he flipped through the channels Jon begged for something to make the whole last month make sense. He knew that eventually inside his mind, it’d click; he’d understand that his life as he knew it was never going to be the same. His mind got that, his mind was even ok with that, but his heart still hasn’t caught up.

His finger finally stopped clicking when he found a typical chick flick; he had no reason to watch only that he knew one of the actresses in it. Not well of course but still. Jon watched the picture on the TV change not listening to the words being said or the action happening, it was on more or less to silence the voices in his head.

Jon reached over to his cell phone and called Jack. Once it connected he asked, “When’s the hearing date?”

“It’s not for 2 weeks Jon, I’m sorry I pulled every string I could.” Jack answered unable to not hear the pain in Jon’s voice. “Jon you seriously need to find a way to accept this, I can hear what it’s doing to you.”

“Its ok, I’ll get some great songs out of it. Is she moved out?”

“Yes and I advised her of the cost to keep the dojo.”

Jon sat up, unable to put her through the ringer even though he wanted to.

“If she can’t swing the $50,000, give it to her for $10,000 just don’t tell her we’re going to.”

“Jon you bought the building alone for $75k. It’s a massive loss then.”

“Jack it’s not like I can’t afford it, even if I hate her right now I still love her. Pretty fucked huh?”

He laughed at himself, if he didn’t he was about to cry.

“Actually Jon, I’d be worried if that wasn’t your frame of mind, after all she’s been the standard by which you’ve judged every woman in your life.” Jack admitted, he hated seeing his boss go through this. Jon was an upstanding guy, even if he had his hotheaded moments, he loved that woman with all of his heart and soul so for her to pull this, for her to have nothing short of a midlife crisis really made him want to burn her at the stake; but unfortunately he knew that wouldn’t help Jon come to terms with being divorced any easier.

“Thanks Jack, call me with when and where ok?”

“You got it.” The call ended.