Ten Beach Road by Wendy Wax

Author:Wendy Wax
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2011-03-21T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty-two

Maddie sat next to Kyra in the ob-gyn’s office they’d been referred to by their GP in Atlanta, waiting for Kyra’s name to be called. Kyra had come reluctantly. “I feel fine, Mom. The morning sickness is over, and I don’t feel all that tired anymore.”

She didn’t seem to understand the importance of prenatal care or preparing for the baby’s future, but then Kyra had always been more of a dreamer than a planner. As demonstrated by her apparent faith that despite all evidence to the contrary, everything would simply work itself out.

“Did you hear what Deirdre said about Tonja Kay?”

“Hmmm?” Maddie was pulling out the order forms for American Baby and Parenting magazines. She planned to stop at the bookstore and buy Kyra a copy of What to Expect When You’re Expecting on the way home. She could still remember how eagerly she’d read each chapter and marked off each developmental milestone when she’d been pregnant with Ky and then Andrew all those years ago. “I’m sorry?”

“I said, I think it’s a really positive sign that Tonja has moved out. Daniel told me he loved me and that they were only still together because their publicists insisted on it.”

Maddie slipped the forms in her purse and pushed the magazines aside. “I hate for you to pin your future happiness on someone else’s marriage falling apart, Kyra,” Madeline said. “I don’t care who they are or why they’re together. Marriage is meant to be a sacred vow.”

The phrase “for better or for worse” flitted through her mind. She and Steve had had a lot of “better” and only now were dealing with the “worse.” Kyra was starting out backward; what sort of mother would she be if she allowed her daughter to hold on to such hollow hope? “Have you even heard from him?” She still couldn’t bring herself to refer to the movie star by his first name. Her daughter had no such problem.

“No, but I’m sure that’s because Daniel doesn’t even know where I am. His people won’t take a message.” Kyra said this with absolute certainty as if it were just a matter of logistics that needed to be circumvented.

“And you don’t think that means something?” Maddie asked, trying and failing to keep the incredulity out of her voice.

“It means he’s not getting my messages.”

“Kyra, honey. If he loved you, wouldn’t he be asking if there were messages? Better yet, wouldn’t he be calling you?”

Her chin quivered the tiniest bit.

“You have the same phone number, Kyra. You are completely reachable. And it’s not like you’re not checking your voice mail constantly.” Kyra flinched at that, but Maddie was determined to make her see reason. She needed to be facing reality and preparing for the future.

“He’s busy with the film. You don’t know how it is for him,” Kyra said. “Always surrounded by people, everything handled and intercepted. His life isn’t his own and neither is his schedule.”

She could feel Kyra clinging to her fantasy and rationalizations. She

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