I'll See You Again by Jackie Hance & Janice Kaplan

Author:Jackie Hance & Janice Kaplan [Hance, Jackie & Kaplan, Janice]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781451674774
Amazon: 1451674775
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2013-04-23T07:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

For our eleventh wedding anniversary at the beginning of April, I didn’t expect any celebrating. I was too upset to recognize how much Warren wanted to make me happy. He liked to see my face light up, and he was growing worried that it never would again. I sometimes wondered if we were doing ourselves any favors by staying together. I had married Warren in part because he seemed so strong and solid, the man I could always rely on. When I was young, I was insecure enough that knowing a man could take care of me had an old-fashioned appeal. But now Warren’s own inner resources had been so crushed that he couldn’t possibly provide what I needed. Probably nobody could. I had become an empty shell, unable to give him the compliments, comforts, and caresses that he desperately desired. Just looking at each other caused pain.

A year earlier, Warren had marked our tenth anniversary by surprising me with lessons at a local dance studio—particularly amazing because he hated dancing. Whenever we went to a party, I begged him to join me on the dance floor, but he stood on the sidelines while I stepped out. So the lessons were the ultimate selfless gift and got me grinning immediately. He topped off the gift certificate for the lessons with a seductive dress that I could wear dancing and a full-day pass at a spa for hair, makeup, massage, and pre-dance indulgence. A perfect package.

“This is definitely worth another ten years together,” I teased him. And I meant it. How could I not love a man so thoughtful?

But the accident happened before we got to learn a single dance step together. I ended up donating the lessons to the foundation for a raffle and sticking the dress in the back of a closet.

Most of the time, Warren didn’t make a big deal of gifts. He’d often leave a package in the kitchen before he went to work, knowing I’d rip off the ribbon and open it myself. However, for our eleventh anniversary, Warren had a present that he knew I’d like. With an awkward smile, he handed me a prettily wrapped box and then stepped back, watching me closely as I opened it, probably hoping to see my face light up again.

“You bought it!” I said, opening the box and taking out a gorgeous diamond cross.

“The holy crap cross,” he joked.

“I never thought you’d buy it,” I said, holding it tenderly.

A few weeks earlier, I’d gone into the local jewelry store to thank the owners for the contributions they’d made to the foundation. Always friendly, they invited me to have fun and try on anything I wanted—and I got busy checking out pretty bracelets, fancy watches, and oversize cocktail rings. But my religious heart won out, and my eyes popped when I saw a big, sparkly necklace in one of the display cases.

“Holy crap, look at that cross!” I exclaimed, without thinking. “If I wore that cross, the girls could

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