The First Wife's Secret by Claire Amarti

Author:Claire Amarti [Amarti, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

‘I’m sorry, Vee,’ I say finally, because anything like it’ll all be fine is a useless phrase to throw around in a situation like this. It feels strange to be the comforter—it’s not a role I’m used to with Vaughan, who never seems to need anything from anyone. Usually Vaughan’s the one impatient with me for not pulling everything together as neatly as she does. I worry she’ll think I’m being patronizing now. But she just looks at me and squeezes my hand.

‘Come on,’ she says. ‘Let’s go to bed.’

In my head, I can hear the old phrase Dad used to fall back on when we were little: It’ll all seem better in the morning.

If only that were true.

I walk up the stairs behind Vaughan, thinking how full of secrets this family of ours is. Secrets festering like old wounds… and if we’re not careful, they’ll kill us from the inside out.

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