Lifelines: Kate's Story
“She mustn’t trip and fall today, of all days.
Even though the casserole hadn’t started to brown yet, she turned the oven down.
Noel wasn’t due to arrive for another twenty minutes, and lunch absolutely couldn’t be burned.
Han had always loved macaroni casserole with hunks of tomato and real cheddar melted over the noodles. She should have asked Noel, but she wanted to surprise him.
He might be allergic to tomatoes for all she knew.
She should have asked.
She checked the oven again, then ran her... hand along the wall as she walked to her bedroom. The big mirror on the dresser reflected back messy salt-and-pepper hair, and she took the brush to it.
Once her hair looked half-decent, she removed the jogging suit Kate had given her last Christmas. Comfortable, Kate said, but Evelyn thought it ugly—although not as ugly as her own naked body. As a girl, she’d possessed firm breasts, but her nipples now pointed downwards, and her stomach fell into an apron of flesh that creased her hips.MoreLess
Even though the casserole hadn’t started to brown yet, she turned the oven down.
Noel wasn’t due to arrive for another twenty minutes, and lunch absolutely couldn’t be burned.
Han had always loved macaroni casserole with hunks of tomato and real cheddar melted over the noodles. She should have asked Noel, but she wanted to surprise him.
He might be allergic to tomatoes for all she knew.
She should have asked.
She checked the oven again, then ran her... hand along the wall as she walked to her bedroom. The big mirror on the dresser reflected back messy salt-and-pepper hair, and she took the brush to it.
Once her hair looked half-decent, she removed the jogging suit Kate had given her last Christmas. Comfortable, Kate said, but Evelyn thought it ugly—although not as ugly as her own naked body. As a girl, she’d possessed firm breasts, but her nipples now pointed downwards, and her stomach fell into an apron of flesh that creased her hips.MoreLess
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