The Doctor's Wife by Mildred Riley

Author:Mildred Riley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-58571-618-0
Publisher: Genesis Press, Inc.
Published: 2012-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

The day Wally severed her relationship with Alisha, she couldn’t have been more certain that she had made the right decision. She’d had a strenuous day of teaching nurses, many of whom were registered nurses who had passed the national exams and thought there was nothing more they needed to learn. She had been tired and irritable, as she knew most of her students were in her class for the sole purpose of qualifying for the higher salaries an advanced degree would give them.

Wally had become increasingly disapproving of Alisha’s outrageous deceit and extremely uncomfortable with her own knowledge of it. She had to remove herself from what she felt was an untenable position. She no longer felt kindly toward her friend; indeed, she was feeling just the opposite. It was imperative that she move—and it couldn’t be soon enough.

When she arrived at the condo later that afternoon, Alisha was on the living room couch, a bag of potato chips and a cold drink on the coffee table in front of her.

“Hi,” she said, picking up her drink to take a swallow. Her bland, unconcerned expression infuriated Wally.

“Hi, yourself!” she said, plopping down on a chair across from Alisha. Then, after a few moments of uncomfortable silence, she blurted, “Look, I’m outta here!”

“What? You’re leaving? How come?”

“Why are you asking me that, Alisha? You know doggone well that I don’t approve of what you’re doin’. Either I buy you out of this mortgage or you buy me out, but I’m not staying!”

In a calm, matter-of-fact voice, Alisha responded, “Why don’t we both sell? We bought together, we can sell together.”

A suddenly relieved Wally said, “Fine, if that’s all right with you. I’ve already lined up an agent, so why don’t we let her put the place on the market, see what happens.”

“Okay by me,” Alisha said, munching on a potato chip.

Alisha’s devil-may-care attitude was becoming almost impossible for Wally to tolerate, but she held back her anger and described the plans she had already made.

“I’ve rented an apartment on Charles Street, near the hospital. As soon as I move and get settled, I’ll let you know.”

“Good. I’ll be leaving, too, as soon as Don and I set a date.”

“So you think it will be a good idea, keep up our payments and let our real estate agent handle everything?”

“What kind of price should we be asking?” Alisha said.

Wally told her she thought the agent with her knowledge of the current market might be able to help them with that.

Alisha agreed, adding, “Until it’s sold we will each keep up with our mortgage payments, like we said, until then.”

“That’s right, and if we move out soon, new owners can move in at their pleasure.”

“Makes sense, Wally.”

Wally was pleased that Alisha was behaving in a calm, rational manner; she knew all too well how angry Alisha could be whenever she did not get her way. She decided to take advantage of her roommate’s good humor and reveal the rest of her plans.

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