I Love You Again by Kate Sweeney

Author:Kate Sweeney [Sweeney, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Intaglio Publications
Published: 2013-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

After tossing and turning all night, Kit rolled out of bed early on her birthday morning. The clock on the nightstand read six thirty—it felt like midnight. She stretched and yawned while she walked to the bathroom, grateful her foot was not bruised from the attack of the mutant coffee table. Honestly, that thing looked like it would come alive at any moment.

The warm spray of the shower seemed to melt away the anger from the previous night with Roz. She tried to concentrate on the soft tone of their conversation before Roz just had to start smirking about Dale. Okay, deep calming breaths, she thought as she let the warm water wash over her face. This did nothing, for as she took that calm breath, the water went right up her nose.

She coughed and hacked, stepping back from the shower. “Fine,” she finally said, reaching for the soap. “I’ll drown in a shower on my birthday.” She soaped up her body, trying not to think about the weight she had gained around her midsection. What did her mother call it? Oh, yes, menopausal weight gain. It was on all the infomercials on late-night TV where they had a cure for everything. Kit would lie in bed with remote in hand and just flip around the stations late at night when she couldn’t sleep. What amazed and shocked her most was the drug du jour the pharmaceutical companies pushed for arthritis; it was the same drug they peddled for depression. How was that possible? It’ll help ease joint pain, but watch out for the suicidal tendencies and bleeding from the eyes and ears. Oh, and if your lips swell and fall off, stop taking it immediately and see your doctor so he can give you another drug. Perhaps it was because she was getting older, but she never saw so many commercials about drugs and old age, and what in the world was a vaginal mesh? And why are there lawsuits because of them?

Rinsing off, she stepped out of the shower and couldn’t help but look at her image in the mirror on the back of the door. Why do places do this? she wondered. Who, except perhaps a model, wants to look at their own body? But not being able to help herself, Kit did. She really wasn’t in horrible shape—she felt worse than she looked—but menopause was having its way. It certainly didn’t take long, she thought as she ran her fingers over her stomach and hips. She turned sideways and groaned—the breasts were sagging, as well.

“Happy fiftieth,” she said to her reflection and slipped into her robe.

And while she had no idea what the day would bring—besides the skydiving event—she actually looked forward to the day. She dressed, ran a comb through her hair, picked up her makeup bag, and raised an eyebrow. She put the bag down and grabbed the room key. With a purposeful gait, she walked over to her mother’s bathroom door and knocked several times.

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