The Perfect Mistress
“As many times as she’d wished Vernon Robinson dead, now all Joyce wanted was to climb in that box and forever sleep right next to him.
The organist played a mournful tune as someone stood at the front of the church and said something about her husband.
The past few days had passed in a daze and today was no exception. Joyce was perched in the front pew, knees locked together, trying desperately not to pass out.
Julian sat on one side of her. He looked so regal in his army uniform. But his face ...could have been carved out of stone. So far he had refused to shed a single tear.
Lauren and Velma sat on the other side of Joyce. As the organ got louder, Lauren reached for Joyce’s hand. Instinctively, she shrank away and snuggled closer to Julian.
Joyce knew that she shouldn’t act like that toward her daughter, but her heart was cold. She wanted to tell Lauren to go be comforted by Callie’s people. She was sure some of them sat among the sea of unrecognizable faces in the sanctuary.
Joyce’s rejection made Lauren sob even more, and Velma pulled her niece to her as she glared at Joyce through tear-soaked eyes.MoreLess
The organist played a mournful tune as someone stood at the front of the church and said something about her husband.
The past few days had passed in a daze and today was no exception. Joyce was perched in the front pew, knees locked together, trying desperately not to pass out.
Julian sat on one side of her. He looked so regal in his army uniform. But his face ...could have been carved out of stone. So far he had refused to shed a single tear.
Lauren and Velma sat on the other side of Joyce. As the organ got louder, Lauren reached for Joyce’s hand. Instinctively, she shrank away and snuggled closer to Julian.
Joyce knew that she shouldn’t act like that toward her daughter, but her heart was cold. She wanted to tell Lauren to go be comforted by Callie’s people. She was sure some of them sat among the sea of unrecognizable faces in the sanctuary.
Joyce’s rejection made Lauren sob even more, and Velma pulled her niece to her as she glared at Joyce through tear-soaked eyes.MoreLess
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