Another Sun by Timothy Williams

Author:Timothy Williams [Williams, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-61695-157-3
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2013-04-02T04:00:00+00:00

Anne Marie put a few finishing touches to her nails then studied herself in the mirror.

More white hairs. She ran one of her outstretched fingers along the line of her jaw and wondered whether these were the first signs of a double chin. Her eyes looked back at her. There was an expression of quiet resignation on her face.

Jean Michel made her jump. He was standing behind her, dripping wet and quite naked.

Anne Marie said, “I hope Béatrice’s gone.”

“She might learn something.”

“You’re making pools of water on the floor that the poor girl cleaned yesterday.”

He smelled of toothpaste and the faint, sulphuric odor of shaving powder. He placed his chin on the top of her head, and they looked at each other in the mirror.

“Be sensible, Jean Michel. We’re in a hurry and I’ve got to get Fabrice ready.” In the same breath, Anne Marie asked, “Why did you marry me? You could’ve married the princess from the Cameroon. She had a better body than me—and now you’d be a tribal chief with lots of little children running between your legs.”

He smiled. His body was warm against her back. “Perhaps I want something else running between my legs.”

“Why did you marry me, Jean Michel?”

He stroked her hair. “My princess.”

“You’re sopping wet, you’re ruining my hair, and you’re ruining one of the few decent dresses that I own.” Anne Marie grinned into the mirror. “What’s your dear mother going to say when she sees the princess turning up in church dressed like a scarecrow?”

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