Pay the Piper
“If only something different would happen. If only he would die, Laurel thought. She opened her eyes astonished by morning; only a moment ago she went to bed thinking, I’m sleeping, and watching her own dark descent. She heard him in his bedroom across the hall. Fir trees stood at the windows. Who would have imagined she would end up back in Soundport, Connecticut, with Hal MacDonald or at all?
In her mirrored bathroom door, blue morning glories reflected from caramel-colored wallpaper. Serene. ...She remembered thinking that word when she bought the wallpaper six years ago. To think back over ten years with Hal, she wondered what truly serene, happy moment she had had. At least they had been stationary for six years: after the rented cottage and then another rental till they bought this house, the move at Matagorda, the move there. Why look back to that now?
Laurel liked this house, though it was run-down. More and more, Hal was reluctant about spending money. That was why now she waited.MoreLess
In her mirrored bathroom door, blue morning glories reflected from caramel-colored wallpaper. Serene. ...She remembered thinking that word when she bought the wallpaper six years ago. To think back over ten years with Hal, she wondered what truly serene, happy moment she had had. At least they had been stationary for six years: after the rented cottage and then another rental till they bought this house, the move at Matagorda, the move there. Why look back to that now?
Laurel liked this house, though it was run-down. More and more, Hal was reluctant about spending money. That was why now she waited.MoreLess
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