The Good Wife by Elizabeth Buchan

Author:Elizabeth Buchan [Buchan, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Adult
Published: 2008-10-15T13:00:00+00:00

CONTINUING THROUGH DAYBREAK

HER MOTHER’S STAYED UP FOR HER, WRAPPED IN AN AFGHAN, AS IF Patty’s back in high school, sneaking in from a date. The lawyer called twice, she says, impressed. The second time he left a message: everything went fine; all they can do is wait.

“How did he sound?” Patty asks.

“I don’t know. Normal.”

Patty thinks of calling in sick tomorrow so she can talk to him, but knows it won’t make a bit of difference. It’s up to the judges now.

Casey’s asleep, his blanky clutched to his cheek. Outside, the snow falls steadily, brushing like sand against the windows. Patty uses the bathroom and slips under the covers, her lower back clenched from driving all day. She’s exhausted but can’t sleep.

Lying there alone, the snow sifting down outside, Patty multiplies today and tonight by twenty years.

She closes her eyes, listening to the snow. She’ll sleep, she thinks. The night will pass, if only because it has to.

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