closed starter for @missmvrder
Forest-green duty jacket with a logo on the back, and thick pocket pants to match, Jodie stood out of the crowd like a sore thumb in her uniform. She'd stopped by Gilbert's diner to see just how many people were still left in their quaint small town before darkness would fall over like a frosty, thick blanket. Some people had already made their departure, but some were still buzzing around and making preparation before the last plane out. Most people came to Gilbert's at that time of the day, thus she'd get a good sense of who were still around; who were yet to leave, and who were to stay.
" Yeah Elise, I just absolutely wouldn't survive through the Dark Month without your lasagna. ", a laughter rang out, amusement tugging at the corners of her mouth as she smiled at the old woman at the other side of the bar. Elise was certainly one of her favorite people in town, a senior-ish citizen who had fed her since the day she'd been born whenever her own parents weren't able to attend to her needs in a timely fashion. A childhood not the worst, but not the best either; still, she had been looked after, even by her parents whenever they weren't too busy keeping their business in and out of town operating. Anyway, that was that, Elise had always been a blessing in her life and she would have missed her dearly if she ever chose to leave.
Frustration and irritation flickered to surface at the thought of people she missed; she didn't want to miss him, not since she had finally made the final decision about making their separation official. Had he been handed out the divorce papers? Suppose she'd find out sooner or later, suppose it was going to be later, because too little too late was just Elijah Hoffman type of thing to do. That later rather than sooner style had gotten them where they now were; him, off somewhere to fly towards his next destination. And her, waiting for him to come back just so she could tell him she wasn't going to wait for him to learn what she needed from him in order for their marriage to work.
A bell sang, letting everybody know that somebody had just entered the lovely, little diner that was the heart of their little town. Though, it wasn't the bell that caused Jodie to look up toward the entranceway, it was the sound that Elise made when acknowledging the newcomer. Well now, suppose it was sooner rather than later after all.
