The Heartbreak Cafe by Melissa Hill

Author:Melissa Hill [Hill, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little Blue Books
Published: 2010-05-21T07:00:00+00:00

Later that same evening, Jess sat in front of the TV with a glass of wine, feeling dejected. Despite that awkward situation with Dave, she and Emer had had a great day in Lakeview, having lots of fun with Amy, and discussing how much Jess’s life would change once she had one of her own.

‘You won’t be able to remember what you did with your time,’ Emer assured her, but Jess figured she’d remember all right, as much of her time was spent alone in this house while Brian was either working late or abroad.

Yet another good reason for starting a family; she’d be so busy with their child, it might help chase away the loneliness that she’d been feeling lately.

Jess realised she was slightly tipsy as she grabbed the TV remote and flicked through the TV stations. She channel-hopped for a while, unable to find anything of interest, until finally she stopped at one those True Lives channels that was showing a programme called: My Surprise Baby. It was a documentary about women who gave birth when not having the foggiest idea they were pregnant beforehand. She watched the show; entranced by the notion that a woman could go an entire nine months without knowing she was knocked up.

How could you not know? Jess thought to herself, feeling slightly put-out that these women could achieve so easily what she herself wanted.

Then she heard the front door open and immediately changed the channel.

Brian walked in, cheerful and smiling. ‘Hello love,’ he said popping his head around the living room door. ‘What are you doing sitting there in the dark?’

‘Hey,’ Jess managed a smile. ‘I was watching TV, but there’s nothing on.’

‘There never is,’ Brian wasn’t a big fan of television, and Jess always joked that this was because he could never sit still long enough. ‘Have you eaten?’

‘Yes, I had something earlier. You?’

Brian patted his stomach. ‘Just back from a very long lunch at my favourite restaurant.’ He grinned satisfactorily. ‘So I won’t be hungry for a while.’

‘You were at L’Ecrivain again?’ Although she shouldn’t have been surprised. The Travel Company always liked to wine and dine their clients in style.

‘Yep – and we managed to get that Murray account situation resolved over a nice bottle of Sancerre. So a good day all round I’d say. How was yours? Did you enjoy your day off?’

‘It was great.’

‘Buy anything nice?’

Jess stared at him. Why did he automatically assume she would use her day off to go shopping? Maybe because that was what she usually did? she reminded herself quickly. More often than not she’d spend the day in town, getting her makeup done at BTs before dropping a fortune on shoes and beauty products. She really was a silly, one-dimensional person, and Jess was only sorry it had taken her so long to realise it.

‘I didn’t go shopping Brian, I spent the afternoon at Emer’s.’

Her husband raised an eyebrow. ‘Again?’

‘Yes again – why?’

‘It’s just that you seem to be spending all your free time in Lakeview lately.

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