I'll Go Sleep Over This

Sherry
‘Hmh! Lets see where else you’ll find someone who’ll over look your obvious shortcomings! Let’s see. When you find him, come show him to me!’ He snorted and stepped off in a huff, dripping with righteous indignation.
‘Lucas, please wait,’ Sherry pleaded, descending the wooden steps that groaned with each foot put down. Lucas continued to walk, head bent, shoulders braced with arms ending in tight fists on each side of his body, unmoving despite the hasty stride.
Sherry reached the small wooden gate crisscrossed with barbed wire and opened it.It closed with a bang but continued to swing incessantly, until she reached out and pushed it going in then pulled the latch in place.
Knowing Lucas so well,he was not going to stop or even look back. Once his mind was made up, there was no turning back. She craned her neck and could see his frame disappearing to the end of the street. Obstinate as they come.
Many times she had wondered to herself where all that unwavering steadfastness came from, and if it was necessary.Much of it didn’t make sense to her anyway.
But boy didn’t she love this man, and he knew that. Her heart was complete towards him. He loved her for that, since he had been in quite a number of unsuccessful relationships, and her the same. They had at last found each other, and they knew that they would last a long long time.
She loved this man who had just walked away, left her in the middle of a sentence, and she wasn’t sure if he would come back this time.She bit her fingers in uncertainty and wondered if she had just kicked herself in the face.
It was no use suffering alone was it ? He had to know. Otherwise she would be lying to him and she wouldn’t want to do that. Rather she seem out of mind than continue in something which would hurt them both .
He had always known what she wanted in life. He agreed with it by word, but every time she tried to take a step towards it, somehow, it would be pushed aside, ahead.
Sherry realized that her years were not going backwards. As a matter of truth they were moving at fast forward, and she needed to do something towards her goal. Soon. Before they made any plans together or even started to live together and then her decisions would have to go through her husband’s desk for approval.
It was then that she had suggested a slight separation. To help her think her plans through. She even knew exactly how they would go about it.
‘I’ll go upcountry stay with my great aunt a while, two months utmost. Meanwhile brother can stay here look after this place. I will e-mail you every week.’ She had explained.
It had not turned out nice and easy like she had anticipated, with offers to help her pack and even drive her there.
Should she follow him? Should she call him and say it was only a suggestion and she hadn’t even given it much thought? Maybe she could tell him it was just a crazy idea that had found its way into her mind when she wasn’t looking? Blame it on the malaria that was fast approaching and affecting her emotions ? Hmm, now she wasn’t even sure if she had been serious about the separation……