Always and Forever by Soraya Lane

Author:Soraya Lane [Lane, Soraya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503948464
Google: rvZyjwEACAAJ
Amazon: 1503948463
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Published: 2016-07-25T23:00:00+00:00

13.

PRESENT DAY

We are going to be so fat by the end of this trip.”

Matt grabbed her hand as they walked into Scott’s Seafood. Lisa had half-expected her husband to take her to some grungy little seafood place—he was never one to choose somewhere fancy. But she could see out to the river as soon as they stepped inside, and it was perfect.

“We might be fat, but as long as we’re happy, yeah?” he said, winking at her before turning to face the waitress approaching them.

“Are you here for Happy Hour?” she asked.

“We sure are,” Matt replied. “Can we sit at the bar for an hour, then grab a table for dinner?”

The waitress smiled and took their names before telling them to head over to the bar.

“Cocktail?” Matt asked as he reached for the menu.

Lisa shook her head. Matt’s enthusiasm was always infectious, and today was no different, only lately she’d felt guilty every time she was happy. And no matter how hard she tried to stop herself from thinking like that, she couldn’t. “Get me a Bud. I’ll have a beer with you.” She’d never ordered beer before, usually just had a few sips of Matt’s, but she’d been craving it all day. Maybe it was all the sunshine and fresh air she’d been getting, and the fact that she was trying hard to be a fun wife.

She watched as Matt ordered, smiling when he slid a bottle of beer her way.

“I never thought my wife would be swilling beer with me,” Matt said with a grin.

“I know. It’s a bit of a waste only ordering beer at happy hour, isn’t it?”

“It’s not a waste if it makes you happy.”

His words were sweet, so kind, but Lisa found it hard to meet his gaze. She didn’t know what made her happy these days.

“Are you happy?” he asked.

Lisa forced a smile, tried to be brave . . . But all she wanted to do was run back to their room and bury her face in a pillow. How did she tell her husband that every day there was a pain in her so deep she didn’t even know if she’d be able to walk, talk, think? That the bursts of happiness she’d had over the last twenty-four hours were only that—sudden bursts that felt great, but only made the crash back to reality that much harder.

Matt pulled his bar stool closer, legs parted so her knees could tuck inside his thighs. They’d always been like that, always touching, and nothing had ever changed between them, until now. Now there was an invisible divide a lot of the time, an awkwardness that meant she had to think about every movement, every touch, instead of being instinctual. She’d often wondered if things would have been different when kids had come along, that this change between them would have happened sooner, but she was one of those women who’d always adored her husband, couldn’t imagine loving her children as much as her man. Until

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