She, Myself & I by Whitney Gaskell

Author:Whitney Gaskell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Divorced women, Married women, Children of divorced parents, Humorous, Women lawyers, Family Life, Legal, Women medical students, Fiction - General, Humorous fiction, Popular American Fiction, General, Sisters, Fiction, Domestic fiction, Pregnant women
ISBN: 9780553383133
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2005-09-27T20:24:31.383000+00:00

Chapter Twenty-three

“Can you talk?” Paige asked when I answered the phone.

I considered this. I was lying in the bathtub, soaking in the hottest water I could stand, and surrounded by mounds of verbena-scented bubbles. It was the first moment of peace I’d had all day. Ben’s first tooth was coming in—months ahead of schedule—and he’d been a grouch. He wasn’t coordinated enough to hold a teething ring, so all I could do was dope him with baby medicine and rub his sore gums, and even that didn’t keep him from sobbing pitifully. When Aidan got home from work, he gave me a kiss and took over the baby duty, and I’d escaped to the bathtub with a glass of cold chardonnay.

“Mickey said you’re having a fling with Ben’s doctor,” Paige said.

“That’s a vicious lie!” I exclaimed. “I ran into him at the gym, and said hello, and she completely overreacted.”

“Don’t forget, Mick’s sensitive when it comes to that sort of thing. First Mom and Dad divorced, and then Scott and I broke up,” Paige said.

“Well, Aidan has been annoying the crap out of me lately, but it’s nothing serious. All couples go through this after they have babies,” I said, feeling like an authority on the subject after my talk with Cora. And, of course, omitting the part where I’d been engaging in my favorite fantasy of Dr. Prasad kissing me on the neck with his fabulous, full lips right when Paige called.

“Okay, good. But anyway, that’s not the reason I called.”

“What’s up?”

“It’s Zack. He’s getting a little . . . weird on me, and I need a second opinion,” she said.

“How is he being weird?”

“I don’t know exactly. Everything’s been fine. Better than fine, it’s been wonderful. But lately, he’s just been so . . . I don’t know. I can’t explain. It’s nothing that he’s done, really, I’m just getting the feeling that he’s getting serious,” Paige said.

“That’s normal. It’s been, what, five months? And you’re not seeing anyone else,” I said.

“I think he wants to move in together,” Paige said.

“Why do you think that?”

“Because he suggested it over breakfast this morning.”

“Would that be a problem? Isn’t he always staying over at your place anyway? It seems like he’s there whenever I call,” I said.

“It’s more complicated than that. Where would we live? Sure, he could stay here, but he’s building that house out by Lake Travis. Would he want me to give up my apartment and move in with him? I love my apartment,” Paige said.

“How do you feel about Zack?”

“I . . . love him.”

“More or less than the apartment?”

“Ha-ha. I just don’t know if I’m ready to take that kind of step right now. Things are going so well, why not just leave it the way it is?”

“Because that’s what people do. They take the next step. Get married, have kids, lose all interest in one another, bicker, grow apart, and then retire to Boca. It’s the normal progression of things.”

“Or you get married, find out your husband is gay, and end up going through a gut-wrenching divorce,” Paige said.

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