Hope Street
“Ellie said, her tone flat. “He was a brilliant doctor. British. A bit monomaniacal. He had a good sense of humor. Other than that, there’s nothing to tell.”
Curt stared at the television, still displaying the image of the monomaniacal, humorous doctor with his arm around Ellie. What was that old slogan about Las Vegas? What Ellie had done in Kumasi stayed in Kumasi, right?
Yet he couldn’t get past it. He couldn’t look at that picture on the screen and not know.
He shoved out of the chair, cross...ed to the bed and lowered himself to sit on it, careful not to crowd her. She held her ground, refusing to shift away from him. “Ellie,” he said, then swallowed the catch in his voice. “I know things have gone south for us. We’re getting a divorce. What we had is gone, and if you want to place all the blame on me, I’m not going to fight you about that. But damn it, I was honest with you. We always had honesty. And I can’t bear the thought that we don’t have that anymore.”MoreLess
Curt stared at the television, still displaying the image of the monomaniacal, humorous doctor with his arm around Ellie. What was that old slogan about Las Vegas? What Ellie had done in Kumasi stayed in Kumasi, right?
Yet he couldn’t get past it. He couldn’t look at that picture on the screen and not know.
He shoved out of the chair, cross...ed to the bed and lowered himself to sit on it, careful not to crowd her. She held her ground, refusing to shift away from him. “Ellie,” he said, then swallowed the catch in his voice. “I know things have gone south for us. We’re getting a divorce. What we had is gone, and if you want to place all the blame on me, I’m not going to fight you about that. But damn it, I was honest with you. We always had honesty. And I can’t bear the thought that we don’t have that anymore.”MoreLess
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