A Moment of Weakness by Karen Kingsbury

Author:Karen Kingsbury
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Adult, Fiction
ISBN: 9781576736166
Publisher: Multnomah
Published: 1999-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

Her conversation with Jackie two weeks earlier came to mind. Was Jim so invested in Channel One because of his friendship with Kathy? She glanced again at the woman sitting beside her husband. Kathy was barely containing a smile, beaming her support for Jim and everything he was saying. The woman had an unmistakable glow about her, and jade felt a gut instinct, a woman's intuition.

Kathy was in love with her husband. She watched Jim make eye contact with Kathy and wink.

This can't be happening, Lord. Is he really having an affair?

She thought of how Jim had been gone four of the last five nights, and the reality of what was probably happening was finally clear. She could no longer hide from the facts.

Her husband was having an affair with Kathy Wittenberg. The audience had their eyes glued on Jim as he finished. "Please let our children keep their televisions and the grant money. We have plans to use that money to buy a dozen new computers for the library. Our children deserve the very best in education today. Not a handful of right-wing adults censoring their every thought." He looked at Mr. Hepler. "Thank you."

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A Moment of Weakness

Jade studied the audience and guessed there were probably

twenty-five teachers in attendance. When Jim was finished

speaking, Kathy rose to her feet in applause, and a majority of

the teachers joined her.

As the applause increased, several members of the PTSAparents who hadn't been at Monday's meeting joined in. Jade knew there were at least twenty PTSA members who supported her, friends and acquaintances who were most definitely appalled by Jim's statements and behavior that night. Jade watched as many of them began talking amongst each other so that finally Mr. Hepler had to rap his microphone to regain order.

"That will be all. We'll postpone making a decision on this issue until the board has had time to consider both sides. Thank you."

With that Mr. Hepler moved on to other matters. Jade watched as Jim patted Kathy's knee, whispered something in her ear, and then stood and left the room.

Jade waited a moment so she wouldn't make a scene, and then quietly, she rose and followed him out the same door. Jim was waiting for her, and when she was outside, he turned on her, his voice an angry hiss.

"I warned you, jade. I will not let you make a mockery of this school's decision to have Channel One or any other program." He motioned toward the still-full auditorium. "They knew what I was saying made sense." His face was inches from hers. "Back off, jade. You and your friends, back off. Keep it up and you'll really be sorry."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Was he this defensive because Channel One was Kathy's project? Or because he and Kathy had an agenda?

He pulled away and took two steps back toward his car.

217 Karen Kingsbury "One of these days you just might find out."

Jade was tired of being patient with him, tired of walking on eggshells to keep him from being angry with her.

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