Picking up where we left off . . . I'm OnMyWay

[OnMyWay]

Well, that was short lived.

She called me while I was at work - her car had broken down and she was in a some "nice lady's" car getting a ride and would call me when she got home. She would need my car to get to her job tonight.

I came home, she took off. I heard her phone go off with a text message and my immediate thought was, "OMG, Mom forgot her phone. How's she going to get hold of us?" My D9 went for it, and I and odd feeling all of a sudden made me realized I didn't want her looking at any text messages on her mom's phone. I immediate grabbed it and wouldn't you know, my intuition was right again. She and OM had been texting each other and even spent the day together while I was at work and D9 was at school. He was the "nice lady" who had rescued her. Some of the texts were quite racy, so I'm really glad I go to them before my D9. So much for no-contact.

I'm not mad, not even surprised - I do feel very disappointed, sure. But, as oldtimer noted above, I was actually expecting this to happen. Just then, knowing she had left her phone, W came running back into the house to find me standing holding her phone and reviewing her text thread. I handed her her phone and told her to have a nice night at work. She left. She did call me on her way to work to apologize. I think she was put off by the fact that I really had nothing to say to her - not even anything derogatory. I did mentioned to her how much of a foolish I felt "trying" at our marriage and escially when I had felt so good about last night, only to have her immediately run off to him.

I took D9 to a school carnival where I found out from one of D9's friends that she knows exactly what's going on. After that, D9 finally opened up to me and told me a bunch of stuff. I feel so bad for her. She is so disappointed in her mother.

So, it is time for the Starskey approach tonite. She has free will - it is time for her to use it. This time, I know I'm that I am indeed giving her an ultimatum, but I'm not going to be a fool any longer. Time for her to end her cake eating and move in one distinct direction.