Healing Embrace by Anne Hagan

Author:Anne Hagan [Hagan, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781386736912
Google: 8viNDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Jug Run Press
Published: 2017-07-19T20:16:44+00:00

Chapter 13

Sunday Morning, June 21st

Janet turned over on the overstuffed sofa in the family room to face out. Her blanket slipped and hit the floor. Eyes still closed, she flailed for it but, she couldn’t get it back over her just right. Sighing, she opened her eyes and sat up.

Amy Wysocki was sitting in the recliner Tom usually sat in when they watched movies, just staring at her. Janet did a double take at the unexpected presence of the older woman and then offered her a wan smile.

“How are you, dear?” Amy asked.

“Couldn’t be better,” Janet said and then instantly regretted the sarcasm. “How long have you been sitting there?”

“Not long. Why are you sleeping on the couch?”

“I uh…it was a little stuffy upstairs.”

Amy wasn’t buying the explanation. “Try again. I heard Barb come home last night. Her truck is parked half crooked in the driveway. She didn’t even bother to try and put it in the garage. Was she drinking?”

Janet ran a hand over the top of her head and down the back trying to smooth down her usual bed head while she pondered what to say.

“Never mind, your face says it all. Did you two fight?”

Janet shook her head no slowly but Amy didn’t buy that either.

“Of course you did,” she said, “but that doesn’t explain why you’re down here, does it? What did she say to you that sent you running for cover?”

“She didn’t say much of anything. She was…” She stopped talking. There was no point in throwing Barb under the bus to her mother and she was too embarrassed to bring up anything else.

“You can tell me dear. I know how you feel about her. I can see it in your eyes.”

Squirming and not wanting to play twenty questions any more, she thought fast and glanced up at the clock on the mantle.

“I’m so sorry,” she blurted intentionally, “but I’ve got to get moving or I’m going to be late. I promised Shane I’d spell him for part of the morning shift today because he had some family thing.” She jumped up, folded the blanket and tossed it across the back of the couch and then bolted with as much dignity as she could muster toward the laundry room.

She grabbed clothes right out of the dryer and put them on in the front hall powder room, combed her fingers through her hair, splashed a little water on her face and then made a decision to leave for the day.

As she stepped into her shoes at the door, Amy came down the hallway from the farther reaches of the house. She handed her a bag. “If you’re going to run away from your problems for a bit, the least you can do is take a little breakfast with you. There’s a bacon and egg sandwich in there.”

“You made bacon? Is that allowed?”

Amy’s smile was broad. “Regular for us…Tom isn’t up yet. Turkey bacon for him for later.”

Janet hugged the other woman and left.

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