Lust at First Bite by Various

Author:Various
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780753525401
Publisher: Ebury Publishing

Sometimes They Come Back

Portia da Costa

WHAT’S WITH THE shutters? When the hell did she have those fitted?

It’d been three weeks since Richard Lacey had visited the house that he’d formerly shared with his wife Melinda, but even in that short time he could see there’d been changes. For some reason best known to herself his wife had installed heavy metal shutters on every window. Horrible black things they were, grim and bleak and ugly, making the place look like a fortified bunker in the heart of suburbia.

We’ll soon see about this!

Richard frowned as he pulled into the drive. What on earth was going on? Mel had ruined the house’s aspect completely – when he still owned half of it. She’d no business making drastic alterations and knocking down the value his property like that.

Staring at the dour, uninviting façade, he took a deep breath.

He wasn’t here to argue. In fact quite the reverse. Trying to think positive, loving thoughts, he turned off the engine. He planned his little speech and how the scenario that accompanied it might play out. But still he felt uneasy, and it wasn’t just the fucking shutters that were to blame.

Stepping out of the car, he stared around him. More shocks.

The garden, always Mel’s pride and joy, was looking terrible.

Her roses were in a pathetic state, with dead blooms hanging forlornly on their stems, and ranks of sly, greasy-looking little weeds had popped up in between them. It was a pleasant evening and the twilight was golden, but a dark, unsettling miasma hung over the entire garden. Clutching his peace offering of an expensive bottle of wine and some Belgian chocolate truffles, he strode to the front door and tried to shake off the sudden heebie-jeebies.

Out of courtesy, he rang the bell. Mel was mostly in. She didn’t go out much. In fact her lack of interest in social activities was one of the main reasons they’d split. Well, correction, he’d walked out. A grinding pang of guilt tightened his gut as he remembered her pleas for him to stay and her floods of tears. But the prospect of life with a party girl like Susan had seemed so much more exciting. As had the copious and uncomplicated sex, a relief after Mel’s intense emotion and her frequent, unexplained melancholy.

No answer. Was she even in? With those hideous blinds it was impossible to tell.

Tucking his bottle and his box under his arm, he fished out his key, already feeling the bright edge wearing off his reconciliation plans. Trust Mel to be out, just when he wanted to spring the great news that he was coming back home for good.

The hall was pitch dark. Which made him realise that there were metal shutters even on the sidelights and the fanlight above the door. What the fuck was that all about? He’d get them removed as soon as he was settled back in again. They were an eyesore, not to mention depressing and unnecessary.

Pausing to switch on a lamp, Richard wrinkled his nose.

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