The Sisters Chase by Sarah Healy

Author:Sarah Healy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nineteen

1983

Over the next couple of days, Mary felt Tim’s presence in the periphery, lingering just out of sight. He was there when she was alone, as she unloaded the dishwasher, as she lay in bed awake, the words a whisper in her ear. You’re wrong.

But what was she wrong about? She pressed Stefan for the details of their conversation, but he simply held her, brought her head to his chest. Don’t worry, Mare, he said, though Mary couldn’t see his eyes. And she knew Stefan’s impression of her had started to fray around the edges.

It was five nights after Tim’s departure that the phone rang. She looked at Stefan, who was lying on the couch reading. Hannah was asleep in bed. Stefan glanced up at her. The phone rarely rang in the condo; no one called Mary save for Stefan and Martina. Without a word, Mary stood, instinct making her alert, tensing her muscles. She went to the kitchen to take the call, stepping out on the deck and closing the door behind her. Pulling up the antenna on the handset, she answered. “Hello.” She already knew it would be him, but for a moment, there was only silence. Until Mary’s own voice spoke to her.

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