The Right Bride?
“CHAPTER TEN HOME had subtly shifted while Karyn was in Greece with Rafe. It echoed with silence and with her self-imposed solitude. Rafe wasn’t there with her to share her jokes, to argue about a political situation, to describe a painting he’d seen in Moscow or a sculpture in Florence. To offset this, she put the TV on for white noise, played a lot of raucous rock music and did her best to root out the weeds in her mother’s garden.
He wasn’t there in bed with her, either. Not when she lay down..., or when she woke in the night reaching for him, or when her body tormented her with hungers only he could feed.
He didn’t contact her, by e-mail, phone or letter. It was as though he’d dropped off the planet.
She’d told him, more or less, to do just that. She had no cause to complain.
At the clinic she worked like a woman possessed, taking on extra shifts and staying after office hours, ostensibly to bring her records up to date, in actuality because she didn’t want to go home. At least there were other people at the clinic; and when they got too much, there were dogs and cats who didn’t require intelligent conversation of her.MoreLess
He wasn’t there in bed with her, either. Not when she lay down..., or when she woke in the night reaching for him, or when her body tormented her with hungers only he could feed.
He didn’t contact her, by e-mail, phone or letter. It was as though he’d dropped off the planet.
She’d told him, more or less, to do just that. She had no cause to complain.
At the clinic she worked like a woman possessed, taking on extra shifts and staying after office hours, ostensibly to bring her records up to date, in actuality because she didn’t want to go home. At least there were other people at the clinic; and when they got too much, there were dogs and cats who didn’t require intelligent conversation of her.MoreLess
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