THIRTY SEVEN

ELIZABETH

You would think that after the conversation we had and after the kiss we shared, that Jason and I would be on level ground with whatever was going on between us… well you thought wrong.

After the conversation with Jason, the next day he decided to resume work. According to him, he had a lot on his plate and could not continue to wallow while more work piled on for him. It was just a ploy to get away from the house and me because the next day, he was looking everywhere else but at me and even when I had tried to engage him in a conversation, he had barely added two words before going to his work area.

It was as though he was embarrassed about sharing what he did with me last night and he did not want a recap of it or for us to get any closer. I was hurt and told Mara about the whole everything.

“you might be overreading meaning into his actions. I am sure he does have a lot of work to do.” She said, reassuring me.

“I know he does Mar but I cannot help but feel that he is runn