In the Shadow of Love by J.E. Leak

Author:J.E. Leak [Leak, J.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Certifiably Creative LLC

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Once inside, Kathryn easily found the ex. She was a stunning woman with porcelain-like skin and a confident grace that made it easy to understand how Jenny would be drawn to her. Kathryn was surprised to feel a tendril of jealousy straighten her spine, but it was quickly displaced by anger for what she’d done to Jenny.

Marcella had a look of sinister mischief creasing the corners of her perfectly painted mouth. Kathryn followed her eyes to Jenny, arriving at the checkout line. The she-devil picked up an obviously random item from a shelf and quickly made sure she was next in line.

Kathryn picked up her own random item and made for the front register.

She watched the redhead lean into Jenny’s ear from behind and saw the life drain from her face.

Kathryn was close enough to hear Jenny say, “Don’t speak to me, Marcy.” Her words were as cold as her expression.

“Oh, now, sugar,” Marcella said. “Don’t be that way.”

Jenny slammed her detergent on the counter. Kathryn anticipated a tirade that would make a sailor blush, so she quickly excused her way to the front of the line, a bag of coffee held high, and caught Jenny’s attention, silencing her.

“Sorry, excuse me, sorry,” she said as she brushed past the ex with a not so accidental jostle.

“Say, sister,” Marcella said in irritation.

Kathryn turned and offered a sweet smile. “I’m terribly sorry.”

“Say,” the redhead repeated seductively, as if she had a chance in hell. “Be my guest.”

“Thank you.”

Kathryn took her place beside an astonished but grateful Jenny. “Okay, honey, here’s the coffee. Are you sure we don’t need anything else?”

“Uh, no … sweetie,” Jenny said, catching on quickly. “That’s it.”

The look on Marcella’s face was priceless. Stuck in a place between shock and envy, her expression was very much like the ridiculous look on a Kewpie doll, the kind one wins at the amusement park for a nickel a try.

“Ration coupon for the coffee, hon?” The cashier held out her hand.

“Oh—” Jenny blinked. She reached into her purse and pulled out her ration booklet. She was out of coffee stamps for the month. “I uh—”

“It’s my turn,” Kathryn spoke up as she plunked the appropriate stamp into the cashier’s hand and showed her ID.

She saw Jenny staring at her like she could kiss her right there in the line at the A&P for castrating her ex-lover, and Kathryn had to admit, she got a thrill out of it.

She paid and took her change and watched Jenny calmly head for the door without a backward glance to her painful past.

“Say,” the redhead tugged on Kathryn’s elbow before she could follow.

Kathryn turned and found a card with a phone number thrust into her face.

“When you get tired of kindergarten recess, why don’t you graduate to a real woman?” Marcella whispered.

Kathryn cut the suggestion down with a warning look that saw the woman physically wither. She awkwardly put the card away, as the people in line behind her made their impatience known.

Kathryn hurried

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