Joan Hess - Arly Hanks 08 by Martians in Maggody

Author:Martians in Maggody [Maggody, Martians in]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-06-23T01:48:41+00:00

"Dahlia!" Kevin said from the other side of the bathroom door. "Please come out of there, honeypot. You must have an awful crick in your neck from sleeping in the tub all night. I'm here to protect you from whatever it is that's upsettin' you. I'm your lawful wedded husband for better or worse."

He stopped, thinking it couldn't get much worse than this. It'd been half past midnight by the time he'd dragged home from the SuperSaver, all because Jim Bob had ordered him to wax the floors and the buffer'd gone loco and knocked down a ten-foot-high pyramid of paper towels. Then he'd found Dahlia locked in the bathroom, moaning and sobbing -- and refusing to explain why. The bed had been mighty cold and lonesome without his tawny temptress.

He had a flash of insight. "Is it female trouble? Do you want me to get my ma so you kin talk to her?"

"Go away."

"Are you sure I can't fix you some breakfast?" He persisted, his ear pressed so hard against the door he could hear her despair. "Or better still, I kin run down to Ruby Bee's and fetch a plate of biscuits and gravy, with a side order of ham."

"Go away, I said!"

Kevin was so bewildered that he went into the living room and flopped down on the recliner. His beloved bride had never passed up biscuits and gravy, even the time that she'd had stomach flu so bad she could hardly lift her head and had to be fed like a baby bird.

He finally called his ma to say that they wouldn't be comin' over for Sunday dinner. Eilene sighed, but she didn't say anything. Dahlia's outburst in the bar and grill had been repeated, with varying amounts of elaboration, all over town and most of the county. For all she knew, they were discussing it all the way up to Kansas City, Missouri. Some of the less perceptive men (her husband and her son being prime examples) might have missed hearing about it, but she wouldn't be surprised if it showed up in Brother Verber's sermon.

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