Through the Rain by Shannon Stacey

Author:Shannon Stacey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shannon Stacey

CHAPTER 4

Scott hadn’t meant to start this. He got up, unable to keep still a moment longer, but he had nowhere to go. Rain drummed on the roof and the wind lashed it against the windows. He couldn’t even go out to the porch to get away from the tension.

“You know I’m not an expressive guy when it comes to feelings.”

“Oh, I think you do okay at that. Just not with me.”

The flush of shame at having been caught laughing—and only laughing—with another woman made no sense, but he felt it anyway. He was tired of apologizing for something he didn’t do. “Tell me we’re not going to talk about that stupid picture again.”

“The only stupid thing about that picture was how stupid I felt when Dee texted it to me and asked if you and I had split up.”

“Jesus, Emily. I’m exhausted. I can’t even make my own wife happy, so why the hell would I go looking for another woman to throw in the mix?”

“I don’t know. Maybe for some other woman, you’d actually make an effort?”

He spun to face her, unable to grasp that they were really rehashing this same utterly ridiculous argument. But this was the first time she’d accused him of not trying. “I work my ass off for this family, and you think I’m not making an effort?”

“That’s the problem, Scott. You think taking care of the family and being my husband are the same thing and they’re not. You’re an amazing provider and the absolute best father, but you and I are like…coworkers who live together. That picture showed the Scott I want, but I don’t get anymore.”

The picture had been of some random people, probably meant to focus on the older woman holding a baby who was presumably her granddaughter, but Scott had been in the background, having lunch and laughing with a woman they’d known for years. And somehow, through the mysterious connections of Facebook, the photo had ended up crossing paths with one of Emily’s best friends.

It all went to shit from there.

“I’m not responsible for any conclusions random acquaintances jump to.” He looked up at the ceiling for a few seconds, as if he’d find the magic words to end this particular argument written up there before looking back at her. “I stopped in for some lunch. Liz was there and we had to talk about the music fundraiser for Dylan anyway. So we sat together because it would be ridiculous to yell our conversation to each other from separate tables. Whoever took the picture happened to catch me laughing, probably when we were talking about how bad the freshman clarinet player was.”

“So you’ve said.”

“And so I’m going to keep on saying because it’s the damn truth.”

“Why are you angry? I’m the one who was hurt by it.”

“You honestly don’t think I have a reason to be pissed off about the fact we’re talking about this again? How about the fact I’ve never given you a reason not to

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