A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans

Author:Richard Paul Evans [Evans, Richard Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781587245633
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2002-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

The universal weight set was cathartic. I couldn’t remember the last time I had lifted so much weight. When I returned, Allyson was lying on the bed staring at the ceiling. She had changed her clothes, and her suitcase was packed and sitting next to the door. She didn’t speak to me. I went in and showered and dressed. When I came out, she said, “Camille will be here in twenty minutes. You don’t have to go to the airport with me.”

I sat down on the bed next to her. “Are we going to make up before you go?”

“I’m too tired to do it again.”

I stood. “I’m going with you to the airport.” I left the room alone. I took our luggage downstairs and waited in the lobby. It was raining outside and the air felt damp. Camille arrived about the same time Allyson came down. I put Allyson’s bag in the trunk then climbed in the back of Camille’s car. Camille immediately sensed the tension between us, and on the way there she and Allyson spoke casually to defuse the awkwardness. I sat in the back quietly.

When we arrived at the airport, I checked Allyson’s bag at the curb then walked with her into the terminal. We stopped outside of Security. “When will I see you again?” she asked. Her voice had softened.

“I’m afraid to say.”

“When can I see Aunt Denise?”

“You can go now.”

“Who would watch Carson?”

“How about Nancy?”

“Nancy works during the day. Besides she’s been watching her the last two days already.”

“Why don’t you take Carson with you?”

“She has too much going on at school right now.”

“Then we’ll just have to wait.”

“I hope she can,” Allyson said. “She’s been really sick this last week.”

I frowned. “I’m really sorry, Al. I don’t mean to keep letting you down.”

She looked down for a moment then up into my eyes. “I know. It’s just hard.” We kissed. Then I waited until she had passed through Security. She smiled at me from the other side of the screening and blew me a kiss. But there was sadness behind it. There was distance between us that I had never felt before. I walked back to the car and slid into the front seat next to Camille. She pulled away from the curb.

“Want to talk about it?” she asked.

“Not really.”

“Don’t worry. She’ll get used to it.”

I looked over at Camille. “That’s what I’m afraid of.”

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