Behind Closed Doors by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Author:Kimberla Lawson Roby [Roby, Kimberla Lawson]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

JOHN HAD DELAYED packing his things all afternoon, but when he’d realized Karen wasn’t going to change her mind, he’d finally started loading up the car. He’d taken all of his crisply starched jeans, sweaters, designer sweatshirts, casual shirts, and dress pants, but he obviously wasn’t planning on wearing any of his suits, because each of them was still hanging neatly on the rack on what used to be his side of the walk-in closet. Karen had expected him to try and reason with her one last time before driving off, but he hadn’t, and a part of her was hurt over it. It had seemed so simple to tell him to get out, but now that it was reality, it didn’t feel so good. He’d only been gone a couple of hours, and she was already trying to figure out what she was going to do without him. What if she’d gone too far this time? Her mother had raised her to be independent and to stand her ground when she believed in something, but she’d also taught her that a successful marriage was based on a sizable amount of give-and-take. John was a good husband, and maybe she hadn’t taken enough before kicking him out of there. But on the other hand, she’d been pleading with him to stop throwing all of his money away for two whole months, and with the exception of their joint savings accounts at Bank First, the only other security money they had was the money she was saving at her credit union. And if she kept making weekly withdrawals from that account the way she had been, it wasn’t going to be long before that was tapped out, too.

She was in a catch-22 situation. Damned if she did, damned if she didn’t. If she’d let him stay, he would have continued betting on those horses and she would’ve had to keep picking up the slack with her savings account. Now that she’d made him get out, she’d still have to keep picking up the slack with her savings account. It didn’t seem right, but the scenario had basically remained the same, and the only noticeable change was the fact that now she was all alone.

She lay across the bed with her eyes tightly shut, trying diligently to hold back tears, but it wasn’t long before she failed at it. She curled her body into a ball and wept so hard that her stomach shook repeatedly. She hadn’t cried like this since the day her grandmother had passed away. How could she have felt so good about telling John to get out and feel so miserable right now? None of this made any sense.

After sleeping for a couple of hours, she woke up at nine o’clock. John had been gone close to four or five hours, and she hadn’t heard one word from him. She knew he had every right to not call her, but still, she needed to know that he was all right.

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