The Rehearsals by Annette Christie

Author:Annette Christie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: None
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2021-06-22T00:00:00+00:00

Later, they walked back to the hotel quietly, past the couple dancing to “And I Love Her.”

“Great song,” Tom said, so low she almost missed it.

“Great song,” Megan agreed just as quietly.

The sky was too cloudy for stargazing. She thought again of those plastic stars Tom had stuck to their ceiling, of their engagement, and wondered how long it would take for them to feel that free to love each other again.

By the time Megan and Tom were in their suite, Megan was more exhausted than she’d thought possible. Outside, thunder rumbled, threatening another storm that simply wouldn’t materialize. She found herself wishing she could crack those clouds open like coconuts and let the rain out herself. There was something cleansing about a good downpour.

Megan’s eyes hurt from looking bright and agreeable. Her stomach hurt from pushing down irritation, stress, and fury. Her heart hurt from the effort of trying to love every person in the right way when she wasn’t confident she knew what any of those ways were.

Tom and Meg collapsed on the bed still in their formal wear and kicked off their shoes one by one, letting them thump to the floor, not caring if the noise annoyed the guests in the room below.

“We did it.” Megan inexplicably wanted to cry.

“We did it.” Tom sounded choked up too. “We did everything right.”

She rolled to look at the face she’d stared at almost every night for over a decade. He followed suit. Gazing at each other in that familiar way was a small comfort at the end of any difficult day. Normally, it was something she looked forward to, because regardless of what happened at work or how many frenzied voice-mail messages she received from her mom, Tom was a constant. There was worth in even their smallest traditions. Like lying side by side and sharing a kiss before rolling over and going to sleep.

Megan had made her choice and she wasn’t going to let herself be weighed down by endless what-ifs.

They each leaned in, meeting halfway, to share a perfunctory kiss.

“See you tomorrow,” Tom said.

“I really hope so.”

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