Aching for It (2013)
“The trips I made back and forth between Los Angeles and the Dominican Republic, and the daily phone calls Étie and I shared when we were apart, were not enough to quench our burning need to be with each other, to make love at a moment’s notice, to share a home together.
I could hear the weariness in Attorney Caitlin’s voice as plainly as he could hear the exasperation in mine whenever I called him, which was often. His response was always the same.
“I told you, Jesse, it’s going to take a while.... You must be patient.”
“There’s nothing you can do to speed up the process?” I whined.
“Nothing that I haven’t done already.”
“If he was a white boy from England, he would’ve been here months ago,” I snapped.
“I’m afraid you’re right,” Caitlin surrendered, giving me no fight to fight.
I even toyed with the idea of moving down to the DR temporarily until Étie’s papers came through. That is if they came through. There was still a good possibility his application could be rejected.MoreLess
I could hear the weariness in Attorney Caitlin’s voice as plainly as he could hear the exasperation in mine whenever I called him, which was often. His response was always the same.
“I told you, Jesse, it’s going to take a while.... You must be patient.”
“There’s nothing you can do to speed up the process?” I whined.
“Nothing that I haven’t done already.”
“If he was a white boy from England, he would’ve been here months ago,” I snapped.
“I’m afraid you’re right,” Caitlin surrendered, giving me no fight to fight.
I even toyed with the idea of moving down to the DR temporarily until Étie’s papers came through. That is if they came through. There was still a good possibility his application could be rejected.MoreLess
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