Sunset In St Tropez by Danielle Steel

Author:Danielle Steel [Steel, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

“I just met the hounds of the Baskervilles and Tina Turner’s evil twin.” Pascale laughed at the description, and saw something sorrowful flit across Dianas face, but when she glanced at Eric, she saw nothing. She wondered if Diana had been thinking of Anne, and how much she had wanted to come here. It had crossed her mind too, when she arrived, but from then on she had been too busy to think about her. And she was sure it would hit Robert too. Anne was still sorely missed, and it was impossible not to think of her enthusiasm about spending a month here.

“Have you seen the boat?” Eric asked hopefully, as John poured them all wine.

“I have,” Pascale confessed. “It dates back to Robinson Crusoe. I hope you can still sail it.”

“I’m sure we’ll be able to get her going.” He glanced at his wife then with a smile, and Diana said nothing.

Pascale cooked dinner for them that night. Agathe had already set the dining room table, and she offered to serve, but Pascale said she could manage without her. And afterward, when she and Diana were clearing the dishes, and John and Eric were smoking cigars in the garden, Pascale couldn’t help looking at her and asking her a question. She was worried about her.

“Are you all right? You’ve seemed upset to me for a while, and in New York, I kept thinking you were just tired. Are you okay, Diana?”

There was a long pause as her friend looked at her, started to nod, and then shook her head emphatically. She sat down at the ancient kitchen table, as tears began rolling slowly down her cheeks, and she looked up at Pascale, heartbroken, and no longer able or willing to conceal her sorrow from her friend.

“What’s wrong? … oh poor thing … What happened?” Pascale put an arm around her as she asked her, and Diana wiped her eyes with her apron.

She couldn’t even bring herself to say the words. She leaned against Pascale for a minute, as Pascale held her like a child, and wondered what had happened to so desperately upset her. She had never seen Diana like that.

“Are you sick?” Diana shook her head, but continued to say nothing. All she could do was blow her nose in the paper towel Pascale had just handed her. “It’s not you and Eric, is it?” Pascale meant the question to be rhetorical, but as soon as she saw Diana’s face, Pascale knew it was. Diana sat and stared at her for a long moment, and then finally nodded. “It isn’t! How can that be?”

“I don’t know how it can be. I’ve been asking him the same question for the last month.”

“What happened?” Pascale looked stunned, and Diana looked devastated.

“He’s been having an affair with one of his patients,” she said, and blew her nose again. In a way, it was a relief to tell Pascale. She hadn’t told a soul since he had admitted it to her. It was her solitary ugly secret.

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