Sunsets At The Beach House by Maggie Miller EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Maggie Miller
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- Genre: Women’s Divorce Fiction
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Claire couldn’t think or speak or move for a good thirty seconds. She
just stared, mouth open, at the young woman, Paulina, standing in the
foyer of the beach house. Claire looked at the baby in the woman’s arms,
searching for some resemblance to Bryan, Claire’s late husband, just to see if
that really could be his child.
Maybe there was a little something in the nose or the shape of the eyes.
Mostly Claire just found herself staring in disbelief. Except that she didn’t
disbelieve it at all. This seemed right on course for Bryan.
Roxie, who was standing beside Claire, nudged her. “Now you see why I
wanted you to hear this for yourself.”
Finally, Claire found her voice. She cleared her throat before speaking to
Paulina. “You were married to Bryan, too? Is that really possible?”
Roxie snorted. “Sure it is. He married both of us, didn’t he?”
“But you’re divorced now, right? Both of you, I mean?” Paulina asked.
She shifted the baby in her arms.
“What?” Claire blinked, still trying to comprehend what was going on.
“You think we’re Bryan’s ex-wives?”
Roxie laughed but it was a bitter sound that died off almost as soon as it
had begun. “No, we’re not divorced from him. We’re widowed from him.
Like you are, I suppose.” She sighed. “I take it Bryan lied to you as much as
he lied to us.”
Claire felt like she might pass out. Maybe that would be better. She really
didn’t want to deal with this. She was so tired of Bryan constantly throwing
curveballs at them from the grave. That shouldn’t even be possible. And yet,
here they were. Meeting another of his wives. “Why are you here? Why are
you looking for his family?”
Paulina’s brow furrowed. “You were both still married to him?” She
blinked and shook her head. “He lied to me.”
“He did that a lot.” Roxie seemed to ignore the lack of answers to Claire’s
questions. “Trust me, it came as a pretty big shock to us, too. When did you
marry him?”
“Three years ago. In Mexico. We were so happy.” Paulina sniffed. “I
thought.”
“Mexico?” Claire frowned. She really did not want the young woman to
start crying. She was in no mood to be comforting. “What were you doing
there?”
“I lived there. And it’s where we met. He was there on business, and I
was working at the resort where he stayed. I was the conference coordinator.
Things happened between us and we fell in love.” The baby started fussing,
so Paulina put him on her shoulder and bounced him a little.
Roxie glanced at Claire. “I remember that trip. He had a client there who
wanted him to look at some investment properties.”
Claire nodded as the recollection came to her. “Yes. He brought me back
a silver bracelet.”
“Me, too,” Roxie said. “I bet they’re identical. The louse.” Her gaze
shifted back to Paulina. “He was doing a lot more than looking at investment
properties.”
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