Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King & Owen King

Author:Stephen King & Owen King
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scribner

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When she had her coffee, Lila hugged Jared and told him to take care of Molly and the baby, and to hide them well. He promised he would, and she moved from him as quickly as she could. If she hesitated she’d never be able to leave him.

Clint followed her into the vestibule. “I love you, Lila.”

“I love you, too, Clint.” She supposed she meant it.

“I’m not angry,” he said.

“I’m glad,” Lila said, restraining herself from adding, Whoopee-ding.

“You know,” he said, “the last time I saw Shannon—years ago, but after we were married—she asked me to sleep with her. I told her no.”

The vestibule was dark. Clint’s glasses reflected the light through the window at the top of the door. Coats and hats hung on the hooks behind him, a row of abashed spectators.

“I told her no,” Clint said again.

She had no idea what he wanted her to say—good boy, maybe? She had no idea about anything.

Lila kissed him. He kissed her back. It was just lips, skin on skin.

She promised to call him when she got to the station. She went down the steps, then stopped and looked back at him. “Never told me about the pool,” she said. “Just went ahead and called a contractor. I came back one day to a hole in the yard. Happy fucking birthday.”

“I—” He stopped. What was there to say, really? That he thought she’d want it, when the truth was he wanted it?

“And when you decided to ditch your private practice? We never discussed that, either. You asked some questions, I thought maybe you were researching a paper, or something, and then, boom. Done deal.”

“I thought it was my decision to make.”

“I know you did.”

She waved a vague farewell and walked to her cruiser.

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