Finding Amanda by Robin Patchen

Author:Robin Patchen [Patchen, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Robin Patchen

Amanda slammed the door behind her and made her way into the kitchen, spying the two wine glasses on the counter. Of course. He was so much more observant than she. With shaking hands, she dried each glass and placed them in the cabinet.

Mark wouldn't have hurt her. Still, she'd never seen him so angry.

Amanda emptied the dishwasher, putting away the evidence from her date the night before. Then she filled it with breakfast dishes.

By the time she'd finished, she'd almost stopped shaking.

What had gotten into him? She'd only had dinner with a friend. It wasn't that big of a deal.

She surveyed the kitchen. What to do? She yanked eight large cans of crushed tomatoes from the cupboard. She'd given up canning her own years ago, finding the canned variety tasted almost as good and took hours less time. Her cookbooks might have been about made-from-scratch, but everybody had to find some extra time somewhere.

That's it. Think about cooking, not about Mark.

She chopped four large onions and sautéed them on the stove top while she peeled a handful of garlic cloves.

In almost ten years of marriage, she'd never seen Mark jealous, not until today. Had he hidden it that well, or was it new? Of course, she'd never given him any reason to be jealous before. It was almost enough to make her wonder how he felt about her. If he didn't love her, why would he care?

She was glad about one thing. Mark called him Alan Morris, not Alan Morass. Small difference, but if Mark were planning to track Alan down, maybe that would throw him off. Whatever it took to keep the two men apart. Mark might never hurt her, but she wasn't so sure what he'd do to Alan.

She minced the garlic and added it to the crackling oil, barely aware of her automatic motions as the room filled with a pungent scent.

But jealousy didn't mean love. In this case, jealousy was more about possessiveness than love. And it was crazy. She would never get that jealous.

The thought barely registered before a face edged it out. Annalise. Beautiful, perfect, supermodel, Annalise.

She'd met her once. She and Mark had been visiting his parents when the doorbell rang. It was Annalise, and she wanted to talk to Mark. Alone.

He disappeared onto the front porch. Ten minutes later, he returned, saying little about their conversation except that she was home for a short time before heading to Barcelona for a photo shoot.

Amanda stirred the sautéing vegetables. How would she feel if she learned Mark had dined with Annalise? She could picture them sitting across from each other, clinking glasses, sharing secrets. Mark would reach out and brush Annalise's long blond hair out of her face, kiss her cheek.

A warm flush enveloped her. She squeezed her eyes closed and tried to rid herself of the image.

"Mommy?"

Her eyes popped open to see Sophie standing beside her. "Yes, honey?"

"Beauty and the Beast is playing on Disney, but Madi won't give me the remote. She wants to watch Dora the Explorer, but I hate that show.

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