Drives Like a Dream by Porter Shreve

Author:Porter Shreve [Shreve, Porter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Jessica, Davy, and Ivan had each left a message on the answering machine.

"I'm calling to check in on the patient," Jessica said.

Lydia had forgotten any conversation she'd had about being sick. She'd eaten a roast beef sandwich that one afternoon, for God's sake. She didn't need to see a doctor, didn't need her children checking up on her to make sure she wasn't wasting away. No, she was the author of four reputable books, a sixty-one-year-old divorcée who had a younger man in the wings, someone with ideas and energy, swooning over her.

Lydia thought about calling her kids back and setting the record straight. She also had an urge to tell them about Norm, let them know that their mother still had certain charms. But secrets could carry even more of a thrill. She wouldn't mention her new admirer, not just yet, and she could play out this so-called medical problem a bit longer, too. She liked hearing from her children, and if a mysterious stomachache could hold their attention for a while, was it a crime to let them worry, just a little?

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