Behind the Pine Curtain by Gerri Hill

Author:Gerri Hill [Hill, Gerri]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fiction, Lesbian
ISBN: 9781594930577
Google: bBiOAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 1594930570
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2008-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

“Oh, yeah. They were married sixty-two years when he died. She was just devastated. Sixty-two years, Jackie. She probably couldn’t recall a time in her life that he hadn’t been in it.”

“I don’t suppose she’s still around?”

“No. She passed on not even a year after him. It was sad. Their only son had been killed in Vietnam. The only other family lived over in Crockett. After he died, they wanted to put her in a nursing home, but she refused. She wanted to stay here, where they’d lived together all those years. And she got around okay, but ladies from the church would go by, make sure she had meals and clean and do laundry for her. But she just wasted away, you know? Like she didn’t want to be here without her husband.”

“Do you ever wonder if you’ll have that with someone? That deep, lasting love that only death can separate?”

Kay shrugged. “I don’t know. I hope I have that bond with someone, someday. I used to think . . .” She closed her eyes. Don’t go there.

“What?”

“Nothing. It was nothing.” She cleared her throat. “What about you?”

“Oh, I don’t know, Kay. You’re the only person I’ve ever felt close to, you know. When we were younger, I used to think that I could read your thoughts and you mine,” Jacqueline admitted. She met Kay’s eyes.

“And we were just friends. I don’t know if I’ll ever find that with a lover. Obviously, so far, I’ve not met anyone.”

Kay held her eyes. Jacqueline had just spoken the words that Kay had been afraid to voice. The only person she’d ever felt a bond with was Jacqueline. She wondered what would have happened if Jackie had stayed? She wondered if they would have become closer. Would they have become lovers? Strangely, that thought was not at all unsettling to her.

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