Hockey Holidays by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781386861461
Publisher: Cedrona Enterprises
Published: 2018-11-13T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

Harry retreated a step. “What the hell?”

“Exactly! What the hell is this?” she asked, waving a folded piece of paper in front of his face.

“I don’t know. What is it?”

“A divorce! You want a divorce? Since when? And were you ever going to discuss this with me?” she said, advancing into the room.

Harry backed up.

Kitty slammed the door and made a beeline for the sofa. She rifled pillow after pillow at him. Harry raised his arms, protecting himself.

“You are the lowest form of life on Earth, Harry Edwards! Divorce? How about a funeral, instead? I can arrange that.”

Harry picked up the paper from the floor and unfolded it. “Shit.”

“Shit? Shit? That’s all you have to say?” Tears clouded her eyes as she sank down on the sofa.

“I had no idea Herb was going to do this.”

“But you know about it? You want a divorce?”

“No, well, yes. But not really.”

“Which it is, Harry?”

“I want to give you your freedom.”

“What?” she asked, pushing to her feet.

“And anything else you want.”

“Did I ask you for this?”

“No. Figured you wouldn’t. But I knew the end of my career was coming. Why should you be tied to some has-been, wash-out? You deserve the best. Your career is skyrocketing. Mine is over. I don’t want to hold you back.”

When she approached him, he stepped back, rubbing his cheek.

“I’m not going to slap you again. Who do you think you are making decisions like this for me? Since when do I need you to decide what’s best for me? If I want a divorce, I’ll bloody well tell you myself.”

“I knew you’d say that.”

Her face reddened. “Why you condescending jerk!”

Risking another assault by his wife, Harry took her upper arm. “Look. I know you’re not a cut-and-run person. I get that. It’s one of the thousand reasons I married you. But this, this is different. I don’t know where I’m going to end up.”

“Are you taking the scouting job?”

“I’ve been considering it. If we weren’t married, then being on the road 24/7 works.”

He stepped closer. Kitty’s gaze searched his face.

“Weren’t you going to discuss this with me?”

He shook his head. “I thought about it. But I know you’d want to keep things the same. Kitty, I’m not the same man you married. My life is going to change. I can’t tie you to me through this.”

“Oh, I see. And for better or worse means nothing?”

He chuckled. “Leave it to you to quote that.”

She took off her coat and hung it in the closet, then faced him.

“I get it. Your nice, little perfect life isn’t so perfect anymore. You’ve been thrown a curve. Sorry, wrong sport. Just like everyone else out there. You’ve been handed something horrible, a twist, a hideous outcome beyond your control. And what do you do? Pull together with me to find a way to change our lives to deal with this? No. You run away. And dump me in the process.”

“If you put it like that—”

“What other way is there to put it? If that’s what you want to do, then, yes, you’re right.

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