Saltwater Cove by Amelia Addler

Author:Amelia Addler [Addler, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ANJ Press
Published: 2019-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

They were hardly out of earshot from the restaurant when Morgan spoke again.

“Why was Chief being so weird? Did you guys have a fight or something?”

“No, of course not,” Margie said, trying to keep her tone light. “He was probably just surprised to see us – you know, when he was with his daughter.”

“Oh,” said Morgan. “Do you think he wasn’t ready for you to, like, meet her?”

Margie laughed. “No – I don’t think – why are we even on this topic? More importantly, you can’t just ask people to come over and build your furniture!”

Morgan shrugged. “I don’t really want him to build the furniture, I just thought that you two had a nice time together, and…”

“Thank you for that. But that’s not very polite.”

They drove in silence. After a few minutes, Morgan responded. “I’m sorry. Sometimes I feel awkward I…overdo it. With the jokes.”

“It’s alright,” Margie said with a smile. “I just – you know this is all very new for me. Spending time with a man.”

“A nice man?”

Margie’s heart jumped. Why did she say “nice” like that? Did Morgan know about Jeff? And that Jeff was not a nice man? Was she in on it this whole time?

“I don’t know what you mean by that,” Margie responded. “But yes, he’s a very nice man.”

“I just mean that your…never mind.”

A Bonnie Tyler song came onto the radio and it was the perfect excuse for Margie to change the subject. “Oh! Do you hear that? Guess who!”

Morgan groaned but didn’t make any complaints. Margie turned up the music so she could be alone with her thoughts.

Morgan wasn’t wrong – Hank was acting strangely. Did he know about Jeff? Maybe he actually did look up the birth certificate and saw that it was her ex-husband’s name as the father. But would he even know her husband’s name? That didn’t make much sense. But if it said “Jeff Clifton” he could obviously put it together.

Part of her hoped that Hank did know. At least she wouldn’t be the only one with this secret. It’d only been a few days, but it felt like it was killing her. How had Jeff hidden this for so many years? Did he have no heart?

No – Margie told herself not to think that way. It was much too easy to become the bitter ex-wife. And that was not what she wanted for her family. They were only three weeks away from Jeff’s surprise party, and they were expecting nearly sixty people. All of the kids were coming to the island and planning to stay for the week after the party. It was going to be lovely.

If Margie came in accusing Jeff of – she couldn’t even think of the words. Having an illegitimate child? Cheating on her? Lying for all these years?

No, something wasn’t right. It was hard to think about – hard to focus on. They got back to the house and enjoyed their dinner. It was Morgan’s idea – she said that she stopped in there for lunch and thought that Margie would really like it.

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