Sunset in St Tropez (2002) by Steel Danielle

Author:Steel, Danielle [Steel, Danielle]
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-12-12T15:08:12.515000+00:00

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.

Are you sure you're not imagining it? I just can't believe that.

Well, it's true. He told me. I knew something was wrong for about two months, but I didn't know what, and four weeks ago, he admitted it to me. Katherine's baby got croup and had to go to the hospital in the middle of the night, so I called Eric to ask him to meet them in the emergency room, and they told me he hadn't been there all night. He had told me he was doing a delivery. He even called me and told me he'd be stuck there until morning and would go straight to the office afterward. All of a sudden, I realized that most of the time he's been telling me he was at the hospital at night, he wasn't.

Eric? Pascale's voice cracked as she said it. To Pascale, he had always seemed like the perfect husband. Easygoing, good-humored, considerate, kind to his wife, the ideal husband and father. Is he in love with her?

He says he's not sure. He said he stopped seeing her a few days ago, and maybe he did, she's been calling him at home every night. I think he's very upset about it. He says she's a nice woman. She was one of his patients, and her husband deserted her right after she had her baby. He felt sorry for her. And she must be very pretty, she's a model.

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