The Inheritance
“Another couple might have opted for a stiff drink, but actually tea was exactly what Tati wanted. Something normal and soothing, something that was going to make everything all right.‘Thank you.’They both sat down while Jason poured. After a few moments’ silence, Jason was the first to speak.‘I’m sorry,’ he said simply.‘Don’t be,’ said Tati. ‘We both knew things weren’t right. May I ask who it is?’Jason looked down at the table, his whole body suddenly rigid with tension. Tati watched the way his fingers coiled nervously around one another, like trapped snakes. Reaching out, she put her own hand over his.‘It’s all right,’ she said. ‘Really. And if you’re feeling guilty, for God’s sake don’t. I slept with someone else myself last month. In New York.’Jason looked up, surprised. ‘Did you?’Tati nodded, blushing.‘Someone serious?’The question was more curious than accusatory. Tati thought how odd it was, to be sitting here discussing infidelity over a cup of tea in their kitchen, as if it ...were the most normal thing in the world.‘No,’ she shook her head.MoreLess
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