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Seriously. Looks like I’m in the next group out.
HOLY SHIT! That’s amazing news.
It was and wasn’t. I still had no plans for back home beyond fucking the ever-living shit out of Zoe either before or after I made slow, sweet love to her. I wasn’t sure which would come first.
Time to fess up.
It is.
Why don’t you seem more excited?
We talked about reacclimatization already. Also, I want to see you, more than you know. But my life plan was also blown to hell a few weeks ago, and I can’t say a new one has really taken shape.
We never talked about your job back home.
She didn’t know because I’d been reluctant to tell her. Zoe had her shit together, from a career she loved to friends. . .pretty much from top to bottom, the woman’s life was a well-oiled machine.
And then there was me.
The plan was to move back home and take over my uncle’s restaurant. Remember, I mentioned him? Dad’s brother. Never married. Owns a small restaurant in town.
Sure, I remember.
My uncle asked a few years ago, when he retired, if I wanted to take it over.
I didn’t know the food service industry was your thing? Do you cook?
On the grill, yes. LOL. But it’s not a fancy place. Established. And without a college degree, it seemed as good a plan as any.
So what happened a few weeks ago?
He sold it.
What? Are you serious?
I am. Turns out I’m not the only one in the family who likes to gamble. But his is of the serious money sort, and he lost enough that selling the restaurant was his only option.
Did he give you a chance to buy it out?
Sort of. With little notice, it wasn’t a very practical offer. There was no way I could make that happen from over here.
Oh man, Nate, that’s awful.
Sucks, for sure.
So, what’s the plan now?
Fuck if I knew. And that was the problem.
Unsure, to be honest.
Silence.
And this was when Zoe—put-together, gorgeous, passionate Zoe—would decide a deadbeat, almost-ex-military guy with no college degree, no matter how easily he made her come with a few words and the sound of his voice, was not for her.
If you need someone to help you figure it out. . .
As if being my life coach was exactly what Zoe wanted to do.
