A Convenient Wife (2001)
“She shifted the package she carried as she spied the ragged piece of paper, and snatched it from its place with eager fingers. Win’s angular penmanship scrawled a note, and Ellie’s plans for the fresh side pork and dried beans she carried met with disaster. The beans could soak on the back of the stove, but it would be tomorrow before she prepared the meal for Win.
He wouldn’t be home for supper after all. Apparently he’d found someone to carry a message to her. The family was sicker than he’d ...anticipated and he would not leave until a relative arrived to help out. She looked at his slanted signature, tracing the letters with her index finger, aching for his presence.
And wasn’t that foolish? She wasn’t his first obligation, and it was about time she got that into her head. Taking second place to his patients was a part of the bargain she’d struck with Win. He shouldn’t even have to be concerned enough to send her word, she decided. She was splitting his attention, and it wasn’t fair to the part of him that was, first and foremost, a physician.MoreLess
He wouldn’t be home for supper after all. Apparently he’d found someone to carry a message to her. The family was sicker than he’d ...anticipated and he would not leave until a relative arrived to help out. She looked at his slanted signature, tracing the letters with her index finger, aching for his presence.
And wasn’t that foolish? She wasn’t his first obligation, and it was about time she got that into her head. Taking second place to his patients was a part of the bargain she’d struck with Win. He shouldn’t even have to be concerned enough to send her word, she decided. She was splitting his attention, and it wasn’t fair to the part of him that was, first and foremost, a physician.MoreLess
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