We Have Everything Before Us by Esther Yin-Ling Spodek

Author:Esther Yin-Ling Spodek
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gibson House Press
Published: 2020-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

KAYE ENTERS THE kitchen through the back door. “Where the hell have you been? We are out there making conversation with your fifth wheel.”

Eleanor is putting things on a tray to bring outside. She doesn’t stop puttering to answer.

“You’re nervous, aren’t you,” Kaye says.

Eleanor looks up at her friend. “No.”

“I saw him today at the florist. He is a huge flirt. He was hitting on the girl working there. She is Clara’s age.” Kaye is exaggerating, she knows, but she wants to give Eleanor a warning of some kind. She doesn’t like or trust Phil.

“How do you know how old the girl at the florist is?”

“I can tell.”

“Let him have his fun. It doesn’t hurt anyone.”

“Doesn’t he flirt with you? Isn’t that what this whole thing is?”

“No.” Eleanor’s voice is firm.

Kaye is taken aback. She recalls the time, maybe seven years ago, when she tried to tell a friend that she thought her husband was drunk when he drove to pick up his daughter from a playdate. Her friend told her to mind her own business. And somehow, Kaye felt that she had done the right thing. Here, she feels it’s right to warn Eleanor, in case she and Phil were having ideas about each other. He had, after all, driven an hour and a half to visit.

Eleanor looks at Kaye. “Oh Christ, Kaye. It’s only dinner.”

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