Never Is A Very Long Time by Donna McDonald

Author:Donna McDonald [McDonald, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: THE PERFECT DATE, Book 1
Published: 2017-04-23T18:00:00+00:00

Instead of meeting Bill in his office, Mariah called him and drove by his house. Abby answered the door, hugging her and offering her tea before she even got inside.

Bill took a single look at her face and asked Abby if she could let them speak privately about a business matter while she made them all tea. Abby hustled away, blessedly not offended, because she trusted her husband.

Before, during, and after the divorce, Mariah had joked about missing the sex, but if there was anything of real value to grieve in her failed marriage, it was discovering her trust in her husband had not been worth her personal sacrifices.

Always blunt, Bill asked the hard question. “You look like hell. What happened?”

Mariah sat in a comfortable chair by Bill’s comfortable fire. Bill’s house was a real home with loving people who lived in it. She’d introduced the pair of them, that was true, but the love they had built together still thrived between them.

And today was the first day she ever remembered feeling envious.

“I don’t know where to start. How about with me saying Dan’s remarried already.”

Bill dipped his head and looked at his fire. “I’m sorry, Mariah. I know that must hit hard. I can’t even imagine what learning it must feel like.”

Mariah shook her head. “No, it’s not his remarrying that’s upsetting me. I found out Dan has fathered two other children. He has a fairly new baby girl, but the older boy is six or seven years old. Six or seven years, Bill. And the boy looks exactly like him. Dan had to be sleeping with that woman a long time. I don’t understand how he could have been having an affair for years while I never knew it. Am I truly that clueless?”

Bill’s heavy sigh broke across her rant. “No. Of course, you aren’t clueless. You were just being a trusting wife who loved her husband even when he wasn’t being very lovable.”

“The mother of those children is probably the reason Dan moved out of my bed. He probably didn’t have enough sexual energy for both of us. In all the years Dan had to be away from me and the kids for any length of time, not once did I ever question where he was. Now I feel like such a fool. There could have been a dozen women for all I know. I don’t get any of this because I know I was a good wife.”

Bill leaned forward, putting his elbows on his knees. “I really am sorry things have turned out like this, Mariah. I never guessed any of it either. Maybe I should have when Dan pulled away from our friendship. I made overtures, but he just never responded. Eventually, I quit trying to be his friend.”

Mariah shook her head. “You know what the worst part is? The mother of those children is Beth Stanley. That’s who Dan has married. I left my business card with Beth’s kind mother. I know that was poor form but don’t lecture me—it’s been my only act of revenge so far.

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