Thursday, May 5, 2016

Why I....didn't tell Daisy about Myrtle and Tom.

     I thought about it for a long time. Should I tell her or should I let it slide? What would her reaction be like? Would she be angry if I tell her or would she be angry if I kept it from her to spare her feelings? That was my thought process for months. I didn't want to be the one to tell Daisy about the relationship between Tom and Myrtle. Daisy probably figured it out on her own. I knew she knew about the phone calls twenty four seven and Tom driving to the city all the time to visit Myrtle. He would be gone for days sometimes. Daisy had to have known. I didn't want to be the one to break it to her and have her and Tom's relationship get ruined. That was not something I really wanted to have to deal with. The fact was also running through my mind that Daisy would probably question me if she knew I kept that secret from her for so long and didn't tell her. Either way, if I told her or didn't tell her I still would have felt guilty. If I told her, Tom and her would no longer be a married couple and I would have to deal with a sad Daisy for weeks, months maybe even years. I would also have been the one to have ruined their relationship because I tattle tailed on Tom. If I didn't tell her though, Tom would continue these shenanigans of his for however long it may last. Maybe if I let it run a little longer, the truth will eventually come out. 

1 comment:

  1. Dear Jordan,

    As a dear friend of mine, I understand that you did not want to hurt me. I had known that Tom had been unfaithful to me. Once Gatsby and I started to reconnect with our relationship, telling me about Tom was not important. It did hurt me what Tom was doing, but I knew that it was just a phase. He always did come back to me. I mean we did have a family together and I knew he loved me. He gave me the life I had always wanted. Being my friend, I appreciate you sparing my feelings. In a lot of ways, I was trying to help myself by making it seem untrue. I do miss you Jordan and we have to get together when I return.

    Daisy

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