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I need to say I think you’re making a bad choice here chick. If you don’t go, if you don’t see your mum...well I think you would end up regretting it” Her words stung Carrie, she knew she was right but she didn’t know if she was strong enough to face them all anymore.
                  “Leah I don’t think I can, I don’t think I could cope seeing mum again after all this time and then having to go through losing her. I’m better off here I think. Thank you for a wonderful lunch but I really have to go back to work”
    Before Leah could argue or try and persuade her anymore Carrie gave her a kiss on the cheek and turned and walked as fast as she could without running, back inside the building; leaving Leah on the street looking sad and worried for her friend.
                  Before heading back to her office Carrie went to the ladies bathroom to pull herself together.  She felt shaky and the guilt of the situation was eating away at her nerves making her feel sick. Once she had steadied herself she went straight to her office and turned on the screen. The unopened email she had left was now wide open and filling the entire screen, she must have knocked the mouse somehow before she left and staring at her was her mother.
                  Cursing to herself Carrie could not draw her eyes away from the frail image on the screen. As well as the details of the Devon trip, Jason had attached a photo to the email. It wasn’t clear when the photo was taken but Carrie guessed it must have been recent by her mother’s appearance.
                  What once was a strong and active woman, she had lost so much weight and looked so weak as if she would break, yet she still wore the same big smile she always had, never being a woman to give up.
    Carrie had always admired her mother’s attitude toward life, however that was one of the things that had made Carrie run as she wasn’t like her mother and couldn’t carry on and forget how awful things were.
                  Carrie scanned the rest of the email at the details, and sighed thinking about what Leah had said to her and she decided to talk to her boss about the possibility of some time off. Not the full 2 weeks but maybe 2 days at most. She could go and pay her respects to her mother and ease the guilt, but at the same time hoping she could avoid a lot of the show down with her family.
    Quickly bringing up google Carrie searched the location Jason had provided trying to find a nearby hotel so she didn’t need to stay at the same accommodation as her family. The more separated she could be the better, but not managing to pull up anything remotely close.
    Sighing, she pushed up from her desk and walked to her manager’s office, checking she wasn’t in a meeting with her secretary before knocking.
    Leanne Barnes was who Carrie strived to be. She was successful and at the top of her field in what felt like a male dominated industry, but she didn’t bat an eyelid to any of it. In fact she thrived on the competition and loved pulling off a deal over a male competitor. The advertising industry was a hard one but Leanne made sure she was at the top.
    Motioning for Carrie to take a seat, Leanne quickly finished typing on her computer.
    “Carrie my darling, what a pleasure! What can I do for you?” Leanne asked, leaning back in the black leather chair, crossing her legs and smiling across the table at Carrie. Carrie felt as if the room had suddenly shrunk. She never had asked for time off and however silly it was she wasn’t really sure how too.
    “Erm, I err” stumbling over her words, Carrie stared at the floor and rang her hands together nervously.
    “Is something wrong Carrie?” Leanne questioned learning forward and placing her arms on the desk, looking concerned.
    “I erm, well I wanted to ask, and I totally understand If there is no chance, let me make that clear that I’m perfectly ok with a no