My First My Last My Only by Denise Carbo

Author:Denise Carbo [Carbo, Denise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781734872903
Published: 2020-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

“They look beautiful together, don’t they?” My mother hovers over my right shoulder while I stand at the kitchen sink looking out the window.

An ache radiates across my chest and I press the heel of my hand against it to relieve the pressure.

Mitch and Lucinda stand together on the back patio of my parents’ house. The sun makes a halo of light around their bent heads.

Yes, they’re two extraordinarily good-looking people.

What is he doing here?

“Like a painting. They would make such gorgeous children together.” She plucks a drooping leaf from the plant on the windowsill and stuffs it down the garbage disposal.

I give her a sideways glance. “I’m not sure Mark would agree with you, Mother.”

“If you had been home last night for your sister’s arrival you would have heard that she left him.”

Inhaling sharply, I grip the edge of the granite counter. Her bedroom door had been closed when I got home last night so I had retreated into my room.

I should have knocked on her door.

Instead, I jumped on the excuse to revel privately that the building would soon be mine and my original plan was back on track.

Selfishly, I was making plans for moving out while Lucinda is having her life turned upside down.

Mother taps her manicured nails on the counter. “For the best really. I never cared for him.”

Really? Since when? You couldn’t have been more thrilled to show him off to all your friends when they started dating and you threw them a lavish engagement party and wedding to which you invited hundreds of your closest friends. I can remember many conversations on Mark and his wonderful background and prospects. Now she claims she never cared for him?

I wince when their shared laughter reaches my ears. I’m transfixed by the sight of the two of them together even as the pain lashes my insides. It’s like people who stare at a car accident and can’t look away. I’ve never understood it before. Now I do.

“I can imagine the headlines now: Celebrity Finds Hidden Gem in Small Town and Falls in Love.”

“You don’t think you’re getting ahead of yourself a little? If she just separated from Mark, I doubt she’s ready to dive into a new relationship.”

“Nonsense. That’s exactly what she needs. Besides, the chemistry between the two of them is electric. When Lucinda opened the front door this morning and Mitch was standing there, I instantly knew her pending divorce was perfect timing. You’ll see, it’s undeniable.”

Mitch must have stopped by to see me, not Lucinda. They didn’t know each other. I always made sure of that.

The one time Mitch and I ran into Lucinda and her friends during one of our many teenage escapades was when we were getting ice cream at Billings creamery. I had been rambling on to Mitch about my latest epic dream to buy a sailboat and sail around the world. While describing all the exotic countries I intended to visit, I looked down to see Mitch’s ice cream was becoming a melted puddle on the ground.

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