Lambert's Code by Hauck Rachel

Author:Hauck, Rachel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-10-26T00:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

“Jules, I’m back.” Ethan hung his coat in the closet and strolled toward the office to toss the spare S2000 keys in the desk. “Jules?”

She came downstairs with her hair wrapped in a towel and green goop on her face. Ethan snickered. “There’s my beauty queen.”

He maneuvered to slip his arms around her, but she stepped out of his embrace. “Ethan, do you have anything you need to tell me?” She took a bottle of water from the fridge and went to the living room.

Ethan watched her walk away. Even when she was angry, her body motion, fluid and coordinated, reminded him of a symphony. She’d have been a great athlete.

“Okay, what’s up?” He reviewed the evening in his head. They had a nice dinner together before she went to quartet practice. He borrowed her car to meet Will for pie, but he didn’t think she would be upset about that since she had his car. So why the cold shoulder?

She regarded him for a second, water bottle in her hand, then disappeared in the den. When she returned, she dropped his Costa Rica itinerary and the resort brochure on the kitchen counter.

He slapped his hand against his forehead. “The golf trip? That’s what you’re upset about?” He picked up the printed Web pages.

“Were you planning to tell me about this trip or just send me a postcard once you got down there? ‘Sorry, babe, I won’t be home for dinner.’ ”

“Funny. Of course I was going to tell you.”

“When?”

He shrugged. “Soon, I guess.” He really didn’t have an answer. He’d forgotten about it. But the excuse sounded lame, even to him.

“Ethan, what was that speech up at the cabin? Let’s communicate, submit to each other, and remember we’re married. No more fifty-fifty, but a hundred percent. Here you are, going on vacation without me, your wife.”

“It’s not a vacation; it’s a golf trip.”

“Don’t patronize me, Ethan.”

“I’m not. Don’t mother me.”

“Mother you? I can’t ask why you’re going to Costa Rica with Steve Tripleton?”

“How did you find out?”

“He left you a message. Wanted to know if you got the itinerary.” He could see her shaking. “How come you didn’t tell me this last weekend?”

“I don’t know.” He shrugged without reason. “I was up to my eyeballs in snow. I wasn’t thinking about sunny golf trips.”

“Do you expect me to believe you accidentally forgot to tell your wife you were going on a five-day golf vacation to Central America?”

“No, well, yes. I did forget. And I expect you to believe your husband was going to tell you, eventually.” Ethan rubbed his hand over the back of his head. He didn’t expect to come home to this.

“So was that big speech just for me? You can do whatever you want, spend whatever money you want, but I can’t?”

“You know that’s not it, Julie.” He felt on the defensive and didn’t like it.

“How are you paying for this?”

“Well, savings.”

“Without asking me? What about getting on track financially?” She stood in the same place, the same position she did when she brought out the trip info.

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