A Woman Lost by Markinson T. B

Author:Markinson, T. B. [Markinson, T. B.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Women's Romance, Contemporary Fiction, Lesbian Fiction, Lesbian Romance, Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction
Publisher: T. B. Markinson
Published: 2013-07-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

I beat Ethan to the coffee shop, so by the time he arrived I already had my chai. I watched him walk in the door, all the while pounding away on his phone. He walked up to the counter and ordered his coffee and I peered over my book and noticed the back of his neck was a vivid purple.

He sat down, looking as if he wanted to explode.

“Trouble with the missus?” I closed my book and set it on the table.

Calm gradually washed over his face as he sipped his coffee, which, as always, he had spiked with a ludicrous amount of sugar. “What gives you that idea?”

“Well, your face looks like an eggplant.”

“It’s just hot in here.” He tugged at his collar.

“Uh-huh, keep telling yourself that.”

I stared at him but he turned away, looking towards the back of the store.

“What have you been doing?” I asked.

Ethan stared at me long and hard. Then he shook his head. “You know, I don’t know. And to be honest, I don’t care anymore.”

His apathy troubled me. I missed the young grad student who once bubbled with energy and enthusiasm; there was just an empty shell left.

“Alrighty, then. You are coming with me to shop for CDs.”

“Really, Lizzie, I’m not in the mood to pick out audiobooks.” He removed his glasses and rubbed his bloodshot eyes.

“Why does everyone associate me with audiobooks?”

“What’s on your iPod right now?”

“I don’t have one.” I stuck out my tongue.

“Oh good lord! You still have a discman, don’t you?” At least this image got a smile out of him.

“That isn’t important right now.” I flipped some of the pages of my book. “I want you to come with me to pick out some music. I printed some stuff off, but I thought you could help me round out my selection.”

I handed over my list.

“So, Maddie likes music and you want to impress her.” Ethan continued to stare at my notes of must-have albums.

“Oh whatever, Ethan.” I waved the idea away.

“You should get tickets to Iron Maiden.”

“What? Maddie bought an Aerosmith CD. Do I need to add Iron Maiden?”

Ethan sniggered. “So it is about Maddie. I figured.” He shuffled through the papers. “What did you do? Google ‘must-have albums’ or something?” He looked over the names. “Do you even recognize half of these bands?”

I nudged his foot under the table. “No, that’s why I need you. So drink your coffee … we have some shopping to do.”

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