He Left Me at Forty-Eight, Then Wanted Me Back novel · Chapter 13 of 16
Chapter 13: Red Tie
I read the email three times standing in my kitchen.
Then I called Claudette.
She picked up on the first ring.
"I saw it," she said. "Luke saw it. Paige forwarded it to the whole office at six-fifteen with the word 'yikes.'"
"I'm so sorry."
"For what? Your daughter's a brat and your husband's a creep. Neither one is your fault."
"They want me there at nine."
"Then we'll be there at eight-fifty."
"Claudette, if I'm a problem for the firm, I'll step off. You don't owe me..."
"Joanna." Her voice went sharp. "Wear the black. Not the blazer. The black."
I'd bought a black sheath dress at the consignment shop on my first payday.
Twenty-two dollars.
I'd never worn it.
I put it on.
I put on lipstick.
I pinned my hair up and left the gray showing.
Claudette and Luke were waiting outside the Harbor Grand trailer.
Luke didn't look like he'd slept either.
"I can sit this out," he said. "If it's easier."
"No," I said. "You returned my glasses. That's all that happened. We're not going to act like it was something else."
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