Where Petals Fall by Melissa Foster

Author:Melissa Foster [Foster, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: World Literary Press
Published: 2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Junie heard the front door open at six p.m., much earlier than usual for Brian to come home. She moved about the kitchen, focusing on stirring the spaghetti rather than the mounting fear that Brian might not want her there. Her chest tightened as his footsteps neared.

“Hey!” His voice carried a happy cadence, and Junie released the breath she’d been holding. He wrapped his arms around Junie’s waste and kissed her cheek. “I’m glad you’re here.”

He kissed Sarah’s head. “You, too, sweetie. I missed my girls.”

“You’re not mad?” Junie asked.

“Mad? No. But I don’t want to talk about any of that. Can we just have a nice evening as a family?”

A nice family evening. Every inch of Junie ached for just that. She’d take it! She had begun doubting her own perception. It was certainly plausible that Brian and Peter were working on a case together, and it was true that he hadn’t been in the habit of telling Junie who he worked with.

Dinner was uneventful, and Junie enjoyed the peacefulness, the normalcy that had been lost over recent weeks. Brian was in good spirits and seemed sincerely glad that Junie and Sarah were home. When Sarah wet her pants after dinner, he didn’t get upset and snap at Junie for herding her upstairs and into the bathtub, cooing, “Accidents happen.”

Brian read to Sarah at bedtime and sat beside her while she drifted off to sleep.

“Is she down?” Junie asked when he came downstairs.

“Yeah, sound asleep.”

The news came on, and Junie turned down the volume. She sat next to Brian, feeling his warmth, comforted by his arm around her shoulder. She’d missed that closeness, and yet she was afraid to mention it. She felt a bit like she was walking on eggshells—not because of anything Brian did or said, but because of her nagging desire to talk about the possibility of hypnosis. She knew Brian would be against it. The last therapist had suggested it for Sarah, and they both had nixed the idea without giving it much thought at all. So why was she considering it for herself?

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