Do You Remember?: A gripping psychological thriller by Freida McFadden

Author:Freida McFadden [McFadden, Freida]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollywood Upstairs Press
Published: 2022-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Camila cooks chicken and rice for dinner. The smell of garlic and wine sauce floats out of the kitchen until my stomach starts growling. But she says we can’t eat until Graham gets home.

It’s seven-thirty when I finally hear the front door unlock—Graham is home. I’m sitting on the couch watching television, having given up on the idea of trying to read a whole book in a single day. Maybe tomorrow.

Graham’s face breaks out in a smile when he sees me. He uses his thumb to loosen the knot of the dark blue tie that makes his eyes look so blue, even behind his glasses.

“Hey,” he says. “Have a good day?”

I look up at this man. My husband. Who may or may not be trying to drug me. “Yes.”

“Glad to hear it.”

He plops down next to me on the sofa. Ziggy has his head on my lap, and when he sees Graham, he lets out a low growl. I have to stroke his head to get him to calm down. I don’t know why my dog seems to dislike Graham so much.

“I wish you could come back to work,” Graham sighs. “It’s hard doing it alone. I’m exhausted.”

I pick at a loose thread on the seam of my jeans. “Is there anything I could do to help?”

“Oh, Tess.” He smiles and shakes his head. “I wish you could. But just coming home to you at the end of a hard day makes it worth it.”

A little bullshit detector is going off in the back of my head. Coming home to me makes it worth it? How could that possibly be true? I haven’t even let Graham kiss me today. I’ve been searching his office behind his back. I called 911 on him, for God’s sake. What on earth about me makes it all worthwhile?

“Anyway.” He pats me on the shoulder. “The food smells fantastic. I’m starving.”

As if on cue, Camila emerges from the kitchen holding two heaping plates of food. Graham leaps off the couch to help her. He rescues the plates from her hands and lowers them onto the dining table. One plate for me and one plate for Graham.

“You’re not joining us?” Graham asks her.

My stomach churns at the thought of this beautiful girl joining my husband and me for dinner. Not that I feel jealous, exactly. It’s hard to feel jealous when I have no attraction whatsoever for Graham. But I don’t like the idea of him messing around behind my back.

Although it’s hard to imagine that he and I have sex much anymore. It’s not going to happen tonight, that’s for sure.

“That’s okay,” Camila says. “I’ll just get going.”

Graham’s eyes hold hers. “Come on, Camila. You should join us. Right, Tess?”

“Yes, join us,” I say tonelessly.

“No, you two should have your privacy.” Camila wipes her hands on her jeans. Her fingernails are bitten to the quick. “I have to get going anyway. But enjoy your dinner.”

At first, I think Graham is going to protest again, but he decides against it.

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