The Final Victim
“ Charlotte helps herself to the heaping platter of hush puppies the waitress has already set before them. She breaks open a plump, warm puff and slathers it with honey-sweetened butter. Her husband smiles across the table at her. "I knew you had to be hungry." "A little." "Promise to eat while I'm gone?" "I'll try." "I'll be back before you know it," he says again. "It's only for the weekend. I got that first flight out on Delta Monday morning." "I know. I just wis...h you had invited Aimee here instead. Or that I could be going with you. I'd love to meet her." The smile fades from Royce's eyes. "I wish the same thing. But Aimee says she isn't ready to meet you yet. I'm lucky she even wants me." Charlotte nods. She supposes she can't blame the young woman for resenting not just the father she blames for a multitude of sins, both real and imagined by her bitter mother, but also the new wife and family in Royce's life.MoreLess
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