Forbidden Love by Anonymous

Author:Anonymous [Weller, Barbara; Cleveland, Cynthia; Cushing-Jones, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780985540487
Publisher: BroadLit

THE TRUTH HURTS!

Why do I destroy the people I love most?

It was a party from hell. On the drive home, I sighed with relief and turned to look at my husband, Grant.

“Whew! I am glad this night is over.”

“You were right in there with the best of them,” he said in an even tone. “You were lying through your teeth by pretending everything was just fine.”

“What were we supposed to do?” I asked defensively, sitting up straight and uncrossing my legs. He studied the steering wheel, and I noticed how tight his grip on it was.

“You could have told the truth,” he said simply.

I snorted and laughed unpleasantly. “Oh, sure. I should have told Simone that we all know her husband is making it with Michelle, while Michelle sits there looking like Alice in Wonderland, so pure, so blonde. That would really be cool, Grant. It would even be more awful than sitting there pretending everything is just fine!”

“This whole evening just gave me the creeps,” he said as he parked the car in the driveway. “I wonder when it was that honesty became something to avoid at all costs.”

I shrugged and followed him inside. In bed later, I tried to joke with Grant about his remark. “You can’t handle the truth,” I said lamely, trying to imitate Jack Nicholson in a movie Grant loved.

“Maybe you can’t,” he said, ignoring my attempts to make him laugh. He obviously was not in the mood for jokes.

I reached over and pressed my body close to his. “Can you handle this?” I asked softly.

“I’m not in the mood, Wendy.”

Being turned down hurt my feelings, but I was tired so I didn’t mind all that much. I figured after a good night’s sleep, Grant would be fine.

Before I fell asleep, I thought about Simone and her wandering husband, Nate. I did feel bad about the secret because Simone was my best friend, but there was no way I was going to hurt her by telling her the truth. I didn’t much like Nate, anyway. I always had the feeling he was laughing at me.

Simone and I are opposites. She is short and dark, and I am tall and fair-skinned. She loves sports, and I love to be at home. Our friendship started because we have kids the same age. My daughter, Lucy, and her daughter, Krista, are both five.

We took our kids to the park together for them to play and discovered over time that we were friends, too. Her attempts to get me to exercise and run with her were useless, however. My idea of exercise is to walk from the car to the mall or the grocery store or the house.

When the news got out that Nate and Michelle were seeing each other, I didn’t want to believe it. I never mentioned any of the gossip to Simone, and she never said anything to me about trouble at home. Then one day, Grant came home and told me that Nate admitted to the affair at a golf game the guys all went to.

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