Sisters and Husbands by Connie Briscoe

Author:Connie Briscoe [BRISCOE, CONNIE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC000000
ISBN: 9780446550871
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2009-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Evelyn lit a scented candle and placed it on the edge of the bathtub, then poured a generous amount of gel under the tap. As the tub filled and bubbles began to form, she walked back into the bedroom, slipped out of her nightgown, and wrapped herself in a white terry-cloth robe.

Today was D-day. She was about to launch Operation Tell Me Now. Not next week or next month. Today.

But first she had to decide what to wear. She strolled into her walk-in closet and remembered that Kevin loved blue on her. He’d told her that on their very first date, and it had been years since she’d thought about it. In fact the color blue had fallen completely off her radar.

She searched through the closet until she finally stumbled across an old powder-blue St. John pantsuit that she hadn’t worn in years. It was funny what you remembered, given the right circumstances, she thought as she selected a sleeveless beige silk top and a long double strand of fake pearls.

She laid the clothes across the bed, then went back into the bathroom and slipped out of her robe. She sank beneath the bubbles and breathed in the sea-scented oil as she leaned back and refined her plan of attack.

Today was Wednesday, one of Kevin’s days off. She had called the store where he worked and learned that he stayed late on Tuesday nights and slept in on Wednesday, so she was going to surprise him at his apartment. She was tired of waiting for him to come to her. Tired of letting him have all the control. No longer would she allow him to jerk her about like a rag doll. It was time to take action. She was going to get all dressed up, then park her rump at his place and refuse to budge until he told her exactly what he was planning to do about their marriage.

She had decided yesterday afternoon to make this move after having lunch with Reuben. Spending time with an attractive man just made her miss her husband that much more. After lunch, she had gone back to her office and spent most of the afternoon phoning clients and rescheduling them for later this week or next. Then she telephoned one of Kevin’s poker buddies and sweet-talked him into giving her the apartment number of Kevin’s new digs in College Park, not far from the University of Maryland. Last night she stopped and bought bagels and cream cheese, one of Kevin’s breakfast favorites.

She stepped out of the tub and dressed slowly and carefully, paying close attention to each and every detail. She finished off with the pair of platinum and sapphire earrings that Kevin had given her on their tenth wedding anniversary. She knew not to apply perfume too liberally and to avoid eye shadow altogether—Kevin hated all that.

She stood in front of the full-length mirror next to the bed and checked herself over, from the hair, neatly tucked into place, to the black patent leather sandals and bag.

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