Young Woman in a Garden: Stories by Delia Sherman

Author:Delia Sherman [Sherman, Delia]
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, Fiction, short stories, historical
ISBN: 9781618730923
Publisher: Perseus Books, LLC
Published: 2014-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

“Ooh, listen to the green-eyed monster,” Silver cooed. “Don’t be jealous, honey. Ophelia’s the best. Nobody understands plants like Ophelia.”

“I’m not jealous,” I said with dignity. “I’m wistful. There’s a difference.”

Then, just when I thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse, Geoff appeared, looking stunningly unprofessorial, with one side of his shirt collar turned up and his dark hair flopped over his eyes.

“Hey, Evie. Who knew a couple of dykes would know how to throw a wedding?”

You’d think after sixteen years of living with Geoff, I’d know whether or not he was an alcoholic. But I don’t. He doesn’t go on binges, he doesn’t get drunk at every party we go to, and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t drink on the sly. What I do know is that drinking doesn’t make him more fun to be around.

I took his arm. “I’m glad you’re enjoying yourself,” I said brightly. “Too bad we have to leave.”

“Leave? Who said anything about leaving? We just got here.”

“Your papers,” I said. “Remember?”

“Screw my papers,” said Geoff and held out his empty cup to Silver. “This punch is dy-no-mite.”

“What about your students?”

“I’ll tell ’em I didn’t feel like reading their stupid essays. That’ll fix their little red wagons. Boring as hell anyway. Fill ’er up, beautiful,” he told Silver.

Silver considered him gravely. “Geoff, darling,” he said. “A little bird tells me that there’s an absolutely delicious argument going on in the smoking room. They’ll never forgive you if you don’t come play.”

Geoff favored Silver with a leer that made me wish I were somewhere else. “Only if you play too,” he said. “What’s it about?”

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