Bertrand Court by Michelle Brafman

Author:Michelle Brafman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781938849817
Publisher: Prospect Park Books
Published: 2016-05-13T04:00:00+00:00

Robin awoke the next morning with a pounding headache and wine breath. She crawled under the covers to block out Marcus instructing the kids to let Mommy sleep instead of kissing her goodbye when they left for school. She got out of bed at ten o’clock, brushed her teeth, gargled with Listerine, showered, and went downstairs. She knocked on the open door of Marcus’s office and stepped in. He was sitting at his desk, staring at his computer. He looked drawn. Up until a year ago, he’d maintained his wrestler’s physique. Now he just looked like a skinny little man. Robin glanced over his shoulder and saw the bankruptcy attorney’s name on an email message.

“How do you feel this morning?” Marcus asked, not looking up from the screen.

“Too much wine.”

She walked over to his filing cabinet and opened the drawer that held their credit card receipts. Robin barely used her personal credit card, so it wasn’t hard to locate the receipt for Marcus’s jacket. The fatter envelope traced all her purchases for the family: the new set of pots and pans from Williams-Sonoma, expensive yoga pants from Lucy for herself, gymnastics classes for Sydney, and tuition to basketball camp for Justin. How could she have been so blind to what was going on with Marcus? Why hadn’t he confided in her? Marcus didn’t know how to ask for help. She should have pushed harder when he started to wear his worry on his face. When she’d tried to comfort him initially, he’d just said that he was sad about losing his father. She’d known there was more to it all along.

She felt him standing behind her, and she whispered, “Please don’t say you’re sorry again.”

“I won’t.” He sounded defensive, as if she’d called him a bad name.

“I’m going to run an errand, okay?” She turned around to face him, but they both avoided eye contact.

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