A Witch in Time by Madelyn Alt

Author:Madelyn Alt [Alt, Madelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), Fiction > Mystery
ISBN: 9780425232613
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published: 2010-09-14T22:00:00+00:00

I flashed back to the day, just a few weeks ago, to when Annie Miller had hesitantly, reluctantly, worriedly clued me in to the fact that she had seen Tom while out at a local Mexican restaurant in the company of an attractive woman. At the time Tom and I had still been "dating," although both of us had acknowledged that there were issues cropping up that were directly related to who we were as individuals, issues that we didn't quite know how to conquer, although time itself seemed to have decided that for us in the end. At the time I had also tried to convince myself that it had been his sister. Gazing up at the woman, I suddenly knew that this was without a doubt the person he'd been having dinner with. His ex-wife. The ex-wife he would never talk about. Not even ex, since they were only in the process of being divorced.

Were they back on now?

Did that even matter?

"Julie and I are here to visit--"

"Me." The Watkins woman stepped forward. Until that moment, I don't think Tom and Julie had even registered her presence behind me. I'd almost forgotten her there myself.

"Hiya, Jules. It's good of you to come in."

Surprised, Julie stepped up and embraced her. "Frannie! Harry said it would be all right for us to just come up; I hope that's okay. We just wanted to stop in and see how you were doing." With her hands on Frannie Watkins's shoulders, she leaned back to survey her. "Should you even be up? You just had a baby, for heaven's sake."

Frannie waved her hand to dismiss the concern. "You'd be surprised how quickly they get you up and around these days. Don't worry, I'm not doing anything I'm not supposed to."

Except probably helping me back into my wheelchair, I thought guiltily.

"Frannie and I are cousins," Julie politely clued me in. "Second cousins, I guess, but family nonetheless."

"Good thing you stopped in early," Frannie told her. "Little Harry and I are being released later tonight."

"So soon?"

"No complications in pregnancy or delivery, so it's a one-day stay. Insurance dictates." Funny, I could feel her getting antsy about the impromptu visit, even though it was, as Julie Fielding said, family. "Listen, Maggie here was about to help me with something. Why don't we go do that, and I'll meet you in my room in a few minutes?"

Perhaps Julie had sensed her preoccupation as well. "Oh, that's all right. We can't really stay. Tom is taking me out to a lovely dinner tonight," she said, leaning into his arm and smiling up at him.

I froze. I couldn't help thinking that the mention of their upcoming dinner date was for my benefit. Why else would she have mentioned it? I hadn't even had lunch yet!

For one completely, ridiculously irrational moment, I was that girl. The girl who has left one boyfriend behind and has moved on, but the instant the previous guy showed signs of moving on, too . .

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