Fractures and Hinges by Edith Zeitlberger

Author:Edith Zeitlberger [Zeitlberger, Edith]
Language: deu
Format: epub
Tags: Lesbian Fiction, Lesbian Romance, lesbian historical fiction, sapphic fiction
Publisher: Launch Point Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Two weeks had passed since Eleanor asked to forward a letter to Sophie, but when there was no reply, she realised that there was no point

in waiting any longer. Their friendship was over, and her hope for something more had been destroyed as well. She hoped Sophie was well and that she herself would be able to put this whole affair behind her. The feelings Eleanor had for Sophie ran deeper than she wanted to admit. For the sake of her family, she put on a brave face, all the while mourning the loss of an unrequited love. The occasional visit of Helen and her family didn’t help much either.

One evening after the Hagendorfs had been their dinner guests, Emma handed her the much-longed-for letter from Sophie. Eleanor excused herself and went to the library to read it undisturbed. She ripped open the seal and through the first three lines realised Sophie was gently but determinedly ending their friendship, telling her in no uncertain terms that nothing would ever come of her attraction.

Eleanor sank into a chair, her left hand covering her mouth to stifle the sob threatening to escape. She felt like an old foolish woman who was making a laughingstock of herself for chasing a vibrant young woman. Who was she fooling but herself?

This whole affair had been a mistake right from the beginning. She had already experienced the love others never knew, which had to be enough. Eleanor had been very lucky; she knew that, because ever since she was a girl in her teens, she had known who and what she was. Her grandmother’s relationship with Giulia helped a lot to allow her to realise her own nature. Henry’s love for her and his own need for protection had afforded her with possibilities she had grasped without second thought.

The moment she had met Cathleen she knew she would do what she could to keep her in her life. Eleanor had been over the moon when Cathleen told her the feelings were reciprocated. Theirs had been a wonderful relationship, full of love and caring. Never once had Eleanor looked at any other woman the way she had at her lover. After Cathleen’s death, her desolation was complete for she had lost the love of her life, her mate, her best friend, the second mother of her children. She hadn’t thought it possible to feel romantic love again, but here she was, mourning the loss of another lover and they hadn’t even kissed yet.

“Stupid woman,” Eleanor chastised herself as she threw the letter in the top drawer and slammed it shut. She took off her reading glasses and pinched the bridge of her nose, trying in vain to ward off the headache she had felt coming for the better part of the day. She would live but she wouldn’t put her heart at risk again. Time to move on. Another love match was just not in her cards. Such things only happened once in a lifetime, and the sooner she accepted that, the better.

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