Nutcase by HUGHES CHARLOTTE

Author:HUGHES, CHARLOTTE
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jove

My hands trembled as I added food to Mike’s dish and gave her fresh water. It irked the hell out of me that Mandy had called me at home. Was she trying to tell me something? Had Jay given up on trying to work out our problems? That he’d walked out of our session with Evelyn and had just walked away from me weren’t very good signs.

I tried to push it from my mind as I watched Mike gobble her food. I was surprised but happy that she had regained her appetite. Perhaps I had been too snippy with Lila and Claudia. Their tactics may have been strange, but they’d had Mike’s best interests at heart, and they’d accomplished in an afternoon what I had not been able to do in weeks.

I pulled a frozen dinner from my freezer and popped it into the microwave, taking pride in the fact that I was able to get one meat, a carb, and a green vegetable for zero trans fats and less than three hundred calories. I saw that as progress, but when I sat down to eat I realized I had no desire for food. I needed to find something to occupy my time so I wouldn’t dwell on the thought that Jay might be interested in another woman.

I turned on the radio and cleaned my house from top to bottom. I realized I was going to extremes when I found myself on my knees scrubbing the baseboards. But it was better than sitting around feeling sorry for myself, and the loud music kept me from thinking too much.

The goddess of hot water was with me as I ran a bubble bath and soaked for an hour. I shaved my legs, washed my hair, and exfoliated my face, which I seldom remembered to do even though Mona constantly reminded me how important it was. I gave myself a pedicure. By the time I left the bathroom, I felt like an old Buick sent in for a tune-up and oil change.

Wearing my nicest pajamas, I turned on the TV and searched for a decent movie, anything to occupy my mind. I hoped Arnie’s father was okay; more than that, I hoped my mother was not driving poor Arnie up the wall.

I reminded myself, just as I’d reminded my patients time after time, that most of what we worried about was not within our control. Why was it so much easier to help others solve their problems, I wondered for the umpteenth time.

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