The Fortune Tellers' Secret by Maggie Mason

Author:Maggie Mason [Mason, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Sagas, Historical, 20th Century, World War I, Women, Family Life, Marriage & Divorce, General
ISBN: 9781408728178
Google: V-mcEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2023-10-25T23:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

Trisha

As Trisha lay next to Walter that night, for the first time ever, after he returned at weekends, she didn’t feel like cajoling him into making love to her.

She lay in his arms thinking how lucky she was to have him and how sorry she felt for Jenny, and yes, Martha, for though they both had the love of their man, it wasn’t dependable, in that one could go off for long periods of time doing what he wanted to do, and the other had a sick husband. Yes, Walter went away, but she knew that every Friday night he would be home and he would call most nights to speak to her and that made it easier for her.

But suddenly, this peace of mind was shattered as Walter’s body shook with sobs.

‘Eeh, me love, what is it? What’s upsetting you?’

Though she said these words, she was filled with the fear of uncertainty.

‘Walt? Walt, me darling. Tell me what’s wrong?’

Still he didn’t speak, and Trisha began to dread what he might say if he did.

Getting onto her elbow and facing him, she took his hands from his face. ‘Whatever it is, tell me. Don’t suffer alone, me darling.’

‘I – I can’t . . . I . . . Oh, Trisha, thank you for loving me. Always know, no matter what, that I love you and Sally. That you are the only true family that I have, and that . . . well, I am trapped.’

‘Trapped? How, darling? If you ain’t happy, surely you can come back to the Vic and to us?’

‘I can’t . . . I – I’ve done things . . . I can’t explain. Please don’t make me. Just hold me, and help me.’

Trisha was mystified and afraid. What could Walter have done? Why couldn’t he tell her?

He surprised her then by pulling her to him and kissing her, but with such passion she was taken away from the frightening place that held doubts and uncertainty and caught up in Walter’s demanding lovemaking, not able to believe that he’d rolled on top of her and had entered her!

But disappointment filled her. This was the moment she had longed for, but in his movements, it seemed to her that he was trying to prove something, rather than being consumed by a need to make love to her and to give himself to her.

When it was over, she lay there, not having reached her own climax, and feeling used, until Walter held her so lovingly and stroked her hair. ‘I so want to be like other men, darling. You helped me to be that.’

Thinking he was referring to him not being able to make love before she held him gently. ‘Of course you are, look what you just did.’ Fibbing a little, she told him, ‘You loved me like I’ve never been loved, and it was wonderful. You don’t expect anything, you don’t take from me, you give to me.’

In this, she felt she was only lying this once,

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