Incredible Dreams by Sandra Edwards

Author:Sandra Edwards [Edwards, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Paranormal
ISBN: 9781453780879
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2010-09-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

SITTING ON THE edge of the bed, Izzy breathed a sigh of relief when the apartment door opened. That meant Jeannie had finally returned home. Maybe now she’d get some answers.

Hesitation washed over her and she stood. Her respite instantly altered into apprehension. She wasn’t necessarily afraid to ask the question, but she was fearful of the answer. If Jeannie presented her wedding ring, that would somehow make it real.

“Look what I found.” Jeannie smiled, waving a plain white envelope in the air.

Both their names had been inscribed, handwritten across the front, but Izzy didn’t care. “What’s that?” she asked, feigning interest.

“It’s an invitation to a picnic sponsored by Parker Field.” She giggled, overcome with excitement. “Do you realize how many soldiers are going to be there?”

She found Jeannie’s declaration vaguely disturbing. “What difference should that make to me?” Izzy asked dismissively. “After all, I’m supposed to be married, right?”

Jeannie didn’t answer right away.

“Right?” Izzy’s tone surged with urgency.

“Yes, of course you’re married.” She judged Izzy with a cool, appraising look. “But I’m not.”

“Do you know where my wedding ring is?” She threw it out there, and a momentary look of discomfort crossed Jeannie’s face. “I do have one, right?”

“Of course you have a wedding ring, Izzy.” Jeannie threw her head back and perched her hands on her hips. “Maybe you lost it again. Why is it always my responsibility to keep up with your things?”

Where the hell did that come from? Izzy was too startled by Jeannie’s ranting to issue a comeback other than inside her thoughts. Take a pill, why don’t you.

Outwardly, Izzy appeared to smooth her sister’s animosity with a calmer, more apologetic tone. “Look, I’m sorry if I can’t remember where I put something two weeks ago, but in light of my current situation...I just thought you might know.”

Jeannie’s face changed, softening, and Izzy relaxed a little. “I’m sorry to snap at you.” Jeannie smiled and moved toward Izzy, grabbing her hand. “But I’ve already been accosted because of your missing wedding ring.” The chill in Jeannie’s tone was confirmation that she was not amused.

“By whom?” She didn’t remember anyone, but still somebody thought they had a right to ask about her wedding ring, or lack thereof.

“Jack.” Jeannie’s revelation and her tone, less than friendly, prickled Izzy’s skin with goose bumps. Her sister didn’t like Jack and it showed.

“Jack?” Izzy’s voice shook with uncertainty and shock. Then she recalled him saying something on the bus about her ring. “What did he say to you?” she added with some bitterness. Jack’s concern was noble, but it wouldn’t cancel out the husband she couldn’t remember.

She shrugged dismissively, suggesting that she didn’t give Jack or his curiosity much thought. “Oh, hell, he just wanted to know if you had one.”

A wedding ring would make her marriage all too real. Izzy didn’t want to have one. Why was he trying so desperately to prove she did?

Izzy stalked across the room toward her bed. “Why doesn’t he mind his own damn business?” Her voice took on a chilly tone.

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