Instructor by Beth Follett

Author:Beth Follett [Follett, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781550818666
Publisher: Breakwater Books Ltd
Published: 2021-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

She entered a bar, took a stool at the zinc-topped counter, and ordered a double whisky, which she drank quickly. Another, please. The octagonal stone of Henry’s mother’s ring had been set high in platinum. In this New York autumn, on this New York night, the sapphire rose in her memory, free of its deep burrow in sand at the bottom of the lake, to pierce her. She sat in uproar, fighting things of air.

TWO

TERESA ASKS, IF you were to learn from your partner on your deathbed that he had been having an affair with your best friend, could you resist the desire to dwell on this betrayal above everything else? Could you remain focused on your own life?

How cruel! The woman lying next to her shouts as they receive their IV drips in the outpatient clinic. Thinking only of himself, the little bastard! She shakes her head.

It’s the best some people can do.

Not good enough. Not by a long shot.

But do you think you could keep from getting triggered? Teresa persists.

The sorrow of loving such a man, is all the woman will say.

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