In Memoriam by Suzanne Jenkins

Author:Suzanne Jenkins [Jenkins, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Drama, Romance
Amazon: B00KFKDPAW
Goodreads: 22241788
Published: 2014-05-18T04:00:00+00:00

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Sunday evening, Lisa found the courage to ask Gladys to go home with Ed. “I love having you here, I really do,” she said. “But I want to start up a routine with the children, and I’m afraid if you stay, I’ll push Megan’s care off on you and won’t try to take care of the two of them by myself.”

She’d tell Dan later that Gladys seemed crushed.

“It could’ve had something to do with the altercation she had with me Sunday morning. I’m sorry I made it worse,” he said. “I should’ve just kept my mouth shut.”

“It’s fine,” she replied. “I thought I’d want her help. But I want my own routine. And I want my husband happy.”

After Dan left for work Monday morning, Lisa made sure to feed Megan a substantial breakfast since it appeared Dan felt she was starving her. After she nursed Marcus and put Megan with her toys, she put her feet up and had a cup of coffee. Then she picked up her phone and dialed Cara Ellison’s number. Her voice mail picked up.

“Hi, Cara, this is Lisa Chua. We haven’t met yet, but I wanted to thank you for your well wishes. Dan told me I’d interrupted your meet-up with my text message. We had a house full with my mother and former mother-in-law and two grandmothers. It was a zoo! Anyway, I hope you’ll come by soon to see our little doll. Bye now.” And with a satisfied smile, she ended the call. Now the woman would know Dan wasn’t sneaking around Lisa’s back, that he had a legitimate reason for leaving the house on Saturday afternoon, and that Lisa wasn’t threatened by her. Not much.

Cara Ellison was in bed, listening to the message Lisa left while Dan showered. She sounded so young on the recording; what was Dan thinking? Not wanting to remind him of what he was leaving at home, she quickly erased it. Not intending to meet Lisa or the little doll, Cara wasn’t sure yet what she was doing with Dan. He has a two-day-old baby. He’d waited until he was forty-six to finally get married. Is ruining someone’s marriage worth having a little ego stroking? Why do I still need the attention of an unavailable man to make me feel better about myself? He wasn’t willing to make a commitment to me years ago, and then I found out he was seeing someone old enough to be my mother, almost.

Pulling the sheets back, she got out of bed. Standing in front of the mirror to examine her body, she was in good shape but no match for a twenty-four-year-old. When he showed up on her doorstep so early that morning, her first thought was, Could I darken my bedroom enough? He let it slip in a phone conversation last night after Lisa had gone to sleep that her stomach was already flat.

“Why are you telling me this?” Cara asked.

“It’s just conversation,” he replied.

“Well, stop it, or don’t call me again,” she answered.

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