Pot of Gold by Michael Judith

Author:Michael, Judith [Michael, Judith]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Lottery winners, Mothers and daughters, Love stories
Publisher: New York : Poseidon Press
Published: 1993-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

days kind of slide by and you don't say, 'I have to ciiange this because it's terrible.' It wasn't terrible. But it sure as hell wasn't wonderful, either. It is wonderful with Gina."

"Everything is more fun when we're together," Gina said. "Everything means more when we're together." She looked at Hannah and Emma and Claire. "Both of us used to feel that we didn't have anyone to belong to. That's over with. We're not lonely anymore."

"That's so neat," Emma said wistfully.

"There are dozens of kinds of love," Hannah said, "but the only one that is inexcusable is the one that is a false front for cruelty or manipulation."

There was a silence. Emma looked at her plate.

"I envy you," Claire said quietly. She stood up and kissed Roz and Gina. "I've never heard a better description of the kind of relationship everybody dreams about. And I wish you much happiness."

"Thank you," Gina said. "Thank you, thank you. I was sure you'd say that, but, still, you know, there was a . . ."

"Small question mark," Roz said. "Thank you, Claire. Thank you, Emma. I can think of a lot of people who probably won't be so generous."

"It doesn't matter," said Gina. "You're the ones we really care about. I mean, everybody will know, of course, it's not a secret—"

"But we're not going to march in parades or anything like that," Roz put in. "This is our private life and we're keeping it private."

"But we wanted you to understand how we feel," Gina went on, "and share it with us, before people start making cute comments."

"Like Hale," Roz said. "Hale will be horrified. He'll see it as a blot on his judgment and God knows on his sexuality, and within twenty-four hours he'll be telling everyone he always knew there was something very peculiar about me and he would have left me long ago but he had to stay until the children were grown because he didn't want to leave them under my unnatural influence."

"How do you know.^" Claire asked.

"I've heard him on the subject before," she said dryly, "about

a few people we know in New York. But we won't be seeing him, so it's not important. I've been dropped from Quentin's charmed circle, so we'll make our social life in other places, and I've shipped everything Hale had at the farm to his apartment in New York. It's the end of a chapter. Maybe of a book."

"But it's the beginning of a new one," Emma said. "I'm really happy for you. Brix wouldn't have nice things to say, either."

They all looked at her in surprise. They had never heard her say anything critical about Brix. "Is that so.-^" Hannah asked mildly.

"He's not a vers' tolerant person." Emma heard herself in amazement. How could she do this to Brix.^ But it felt good to do it; it was as if she were on a roller coaster and was picking up speed and it was exciting and liberating. She knew, at the bottom, she would still belong to him, but right now it felt so good to break free that she rushed ahead.

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