Two Women
“Jane being pregnant didn’t change anything. It wasn’t something they’d ever talked about – it would have been out of bounds – but of course John had made love to her: it was understood – accepted – without needing to be said.
‘And I loved him very much.’ She was smiling, as she’d been smiling when she’d called Alice from the bathroom after her conversation with Rosemary Pritchard.
Still Alice said nothing. What would her test show? She was anxious but at the same time reluctant to find out. Sur...ely she had to be! What other reason was there for her being so sick, so often?
‘I saw the photograph, the one you tried to hide in the cabin. I saw it by the telephone and found where you’d hidden it, when you were in the bath.’ There was no anger in the flat tone.
Alice finally sat on the collapsing, hair-greased chair. ‘I know John loved you. Your marriage was never in any danger.’ ‘That’s very generous of you! What did you and he do, just fuck?’ Alice winced.MoreLess
‘And I loved him very much.’ She was smiling, as she’d been smiling when she’d called Alice from the bathroom after her conversation with Rosemary Pritchard.
Still Alice said nothing. What would her test show? She was anxious but at the same time reluctant to find out. Sur...ely she had to be! What other reason was there for her being so sick, so often?
‘I saw the photograph, the one you tried to hide in the cabin. I saw it by the telephone and found where you’d hidden it, when you were in the bath.’ There was no anger in the flat tone.
Alice finally sat on the collapsing, hair-greased chair. ‘I know John loved you. Your marriage was never in any danger.’ ‘That’s very generous of you! What did you and he do, just fuck?’ Alice winced.MoreLess
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