The Scent of Rain by Kristin Billerbeck

Author:Kristin Billerbeck
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2012-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Daphne didn’t know where to start. The project of the house was overwhelming, and without her most important sense, she probably didn’t know the worst of it. Her cell phone rang, and by the Rascal Flatts song she knew it was Sophie. She welcomed the interruption.

“Sophie!”

“Hey, Daph! How’s the new job?”

“I think it’s going to be okay,” she answered honestly. “I have a boss who looks like he stepped out of a BMW ad, but he drives an American hatchback and has a missing wife. But he had my back at a horrible meeting today, and I think we have a great idea for his new product.”

“That’s not good, though. Missing spouses are never good.”

“Well, she’s not alive. But it was an allergic reaction. There was no foul play.”

“So he says.”

“He said I could Google it, so go ahead if you don’t believe it. Now his sister lives with him, and he has a son. You see what I’m getting at, right? I attract circus acts, not people, into my life. Everyone has to have a story.”

“Maybe you should have been the psychologist.”

“Maybe that’s why you’re my best friend.”

Daphne could tell that Sophie wasn’t saying everything she wanted to say. They’d known each other for too long, and she recognized that another shoe was about to drop. “What is it, Sophie? Just spit it out already.”

“I wanted you to have more time to heal before I gave you any bad news.”

“But this is my life, so that isn’t possible.”

“Mark is making it impossible. I have to tell you.”

Daphne slipped the letter out of her bag. “I’ve got a letter he wrote to my boss. I’ve been waiting all day to read it. Are you proud of me? I didn’t obsess.”

“I am proud of you.”

She searched for a place to sit down and went to the lone piece of furniture near the small living room window: an old sewing table that had seen better days.

“Daphne?” Sophie said. “Mark took your job at Givaudan.”

Daphne nearly fainted with relief.

“Daphne?”

“I thought he might have, but I didn’t want to believe it.”

“You’re okay with it?”

“Of course I’m not okay with it. Why do you think I’m denying the reality by not reading the letter?”

“Don’t get harpy, I’m only asking.”

“Mark wasn’t qualified for my job,” she said. “Not at Givaudan, with their training center. I don’t understand it, but it’s an enormous company. Arnaud’s sway must not have reached whoever hired Mark.”

“Actually, he’s working for Arnaud.”

“No.” Daphne shook her head. “He’s not!”

“He is.”

The betrayal she felt was worse than that she’d felt on her wedding day. Something was wrong with this picture, but she couldn’t think about that now.

“Arnaud knows you, Daphne. It’s only a matter of time before Mark proves himself to be the fake he is. I just wanted you to hear this from me, and not someone else.”

“Why would he do this, Sophie? Wasn’t leaving me at the altar enough?”

“Do you want my professional opinion? Or my opinion as your friend?”

“Whichever one

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