Lifelines: Kate's Story by Grant Vanessa

Author:Grant, Vanessa [Grant, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: murder, counselling, love affair, Dog, grief, borderline personality disorder, construction, pacific northwest
Publisher: Muse Creations Inc
Published: 2013-07-20T04:00:00+00:00

The knock on the back door came as Evelyn placed her steaming cup of instant coffee on the refrigerator shelf. It must be Noel!

She pressed her hands to her face. She had no lipstick on, hadn’t arranged her hair, because Noel had gone to Seattle today. But that knock on the back door must be him. Kate would come to the front, and Kate wasn’t due until tomorrow.

“Just a minute!”

She shuffled to the bathroom and awkwardly pulled her brush through her hair. Why didn’t she have real curls? Or, if not curls, smooth waves like Kate’s? Why this spiky mess? When Kate found Han, she would go to him. Evelyn didn’t know how to stop it; she’d tried everything she could think of.

She picked up the hair spray and misted her hair, then brushed over the spray with a shaking hand. Lipstick: her hand trembled and smeared the corner of her mouth.

Did she have time to change into the new caftan?

What if Noel tired of waiting and left?

She shuffled into the bedroom and pulled off the ugly purple caftan. She reached for the red flowered one, but fumbled it and it dropped to the floor. Then she had to pull the chair from the corner, and use it to balance on as she reached down to pick up the caftan.

Had she messed her hair again? She should have changed first, then fussed with her hair. What if Noel left before she got to the door? She used the dresser for balance on her way to the bedroom door, then slid her hand along the wall ... stove, counter, kitchen table. She stopped at the door and before she opened it, she smiled, a surprised smile to welcome Noel.

The door stuck when she tried to open it.

She struggled and finally it broke free and almost knocked her over.

“Noel! What a surprise!” Her voice sounded wrong, because she’d been distracted by the door. She got her smile fixed and touched the wall for balance as she stepped back. “Come in. I thought you drove to Seattle today.”

He stood in the center of the kitchen. She pointed to the chair across from the one she always used. “Sit down, Noel. Sit there.”

“I need to talk to you.”

What had she done to make him frown, to take away the smile he always gave her?

“I’ll just plug the kettle in. I’m so glad you came. I’ve wanted to play music on my tape player, but I can’t make it work. Would you look at it?” She brushed past him to the portable stereo on her windowsill, picked up a cassette and shoved it at him. “This one. It won’t play. I don’t know what’s wrong.”

She held her breath until he turned to the tape machine. Men liked to fix things, and he was no different. She plugged the kettle in and took out a cup for Noel. As she spooned instant coffee into his cup, she heard the music start.

“You made it work! Thank you! I love my music so much, but I didn’t know what to do.

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