Chapter 3Personal Readiness
Matt was able to catch the earlier 4:40 p.m. flight home from Cincinnati after a successful meeting, a small but gratifying victory. He decided that he would make dinner tonight as an act of apologizing for the fight that he had had with Sabina the night before. The fights were increasing in their frequency, and in his clearer moments, Matt knew he was the instigator. His apologies didn't follow often enough. He decided that tonight he would apologize and make it right.
As he was prepping the meal, he heard the door open and Sabina slip in. She was finishing her nightly call with her mom, and dropped her purse and keys and turned to grab a sparkling water from the refrigerator. Neither of them made eye contact.
“Okay, Mom. Yep, I know. Okay, well, I just got home. I'll call you tomorrow. Yep, love you, too.” Sabina hung up, leaned against the fridge, and just gave Matt a slow, punishing look.
“Hi,” Matt offered meekly.
“Hey. How was the trip?” Sabina replied, always ready to be the bigger person but not retreating from her position against the refrigerator.
“It was fine, good, actually. I think they’re going to go with Coopers & Tompkins, which will be a big boost for my case for making partner. And I was happy to get the earlier flight back, so that was a bonus.” Matt wanted to share more about how great the meeting was. But he could tell that Sabina was not engaged. “Listen. About last night. I was a jerk. I'm sorry.”
Sabina gave him a long look. ...
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