The Society Wife (2009)
“Spinning round he looked furiously up at the imposing altarpiece, waiting for the moment when he would hear the door at the other end of the church swing shut behind her, signifying that it was over and he could resume the normal course of his life. The women and the parties. The aloneness that he so cherished.
Didn’t he?
It didn’t come.
Stiffly he turned round.
Lily was standing in the shadows at the back of the church talking to the woman with the flowers. As he watched she laid a gentle hand... on her arm and gestured to the child. The little girl had stopped playing and was looking shyly up at Lily, her expression almost awe-struck.
The mother smiled, nodded. Then Lily dropped to her knees in front of the little girl, smoothing her hair away from her face and gathering her straggling bunch of flowers into a neat posy, showing her how to hold them. The child’s small face glowed with pleasure and pride as Lily straightened up again and took her hand.
And suddenly he understood. She wasn’t walking out on him.MoreLess
Didn’t he?
It didn’t come.
Stiffly he turned round.
Lily was standing in the shadows at the back of the church talking to the woman with the flowers. As he watched she laid a gentle hand... on her arm and gestured to the child. The little girl had stopped playing and was looking shyly up at Lily, her expression almost awe-struck.
The mother smiled, nodded. Then Lily dropped to her knees in front of the little girl, smoothing her hair away from her face and gathering her straggling bunch of flowers into a neat posy, showing her how to hold them. The child’s small face glowed with pleasure and pride as Lily straightened up again and took her hand.
And suddenly he understood. She wasn’t walking out on him.MoreLess
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