A Sudden Change of Heart by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Author:Barbara Taylor Bradford
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Azizex666
ISBN: 9780307491442
Publisher: Dell
Published: 1999-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

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Doug came home from Los Angeles the following weekend, and from the moment he walked into the apartment, Laura knew instinctively, and deep within herself, that their marriage was over.

He was as affable and as charming as he always was, but part of him was simply not there. He seemed more detached and remote than he had ever been before, and it struck her that his interest obviously lay elsewhere. Not for the first time in the past few months, she wondered yet again if there was another woman in his life. It was a distinct possibility, and it would certainly explain the changes that had been wrought in him.

Even though she had contemplated this idea before, the thought of it now nonetheless shook her up; she excused herself and left Doug in their bedroom, where he was unpacking. Retreating to the kitchen, she stood leaning against a countertop, looking out of the window at the backyard of the brownstone opposite, waiting for the sick feeling inside to go away.

It was a cold gray Saturday night in late February, and the only reason she could see the yard was because light flooded out from the brownstone’s windows, illuminating the bare branches of a tree and the garden wall. The scene was bereft, isolated, lonely, and it echoed the way she felt. She shivered slightly, and then an immense feeling of sadness enveloped her like a shroud, and she felt her throat tightening. For a moment she struggled with her emotions and squeezed her eyes tightly shut, pushing back the incipient tears. I won’t cry, I just won’t, she told herself. I’m going to be mature about this.

For the entire month Doug had been in Los Angeles, she had been mindful of his vagueness on the phone, his lack of interest in her and what she was doing, and his ill-concealed impatience, his need to say good-bye and hang up. She was far too smart not to suspect that he might well be having an affair. She wondered suddenly whether to come right out and ask him, but instantly changed her mind. Eventually he would open up to her, she felt sure of that, and for the moment she wanted to give him a bit of space.

Opening the refrigerator door, she took out a bottle of carbonated water and drank a glass of it before returning to the bedroom. Sitting down on a chair, she made idle conversation with Doug as he finished unpacking.

Once he had put his suitcase in the closet, he told her he had a few important and urgent business calls to make. Excusing himself with a faint smile, he went into his small study at the back of the apartment.

After an hour on and off the phone, he finally left the study and found her in the living room, where she was working at her desk. She glanced up as he appeared in the doorway and stood leaning against the doorjamb, looking carefree and nonchalant, as if he didn’t have a worry in the world.

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