Weyward by Emilia Hart EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Emilia Har
- Language: English
- Formats: PDF / EPUB
- Status: Available For Free Download
- Genre: Sisters Fiction
- Price: Free
- File Size: 2 MB
- Publish Date: March 7, 2023
KATE
2019
Kate is staring into the mirror when she hears it.
The key, scraping in the lock.
Her fingers shake as she hurries to fix her makeup, dark threads of
mascara spidering onto her lower lids.
In the yellow light, she watches her pulse jump at her throat, beneath the
necklace he gave her for their last anniversary. The chain is silver and thick,
cold against her skin. She doesn’t wear it during the day, when he’s at work.
The front door clicks shut. The slap of his shoes on the floorboards.
Wine, gurgling into a glass.
Panic flutters in her, like a bird. She takes a deep breath, touches the
ribbon of scar on her left arm. Smiles one last time into the bathroom
mirror. She can’t let him see that anything is different. That anything is
wrong.
Simon leans against the kitchen counter, wine glass in hand. Her blood
pounds at the sight. The long, dark lines of him in his suit, the cut of his
cheekbones. His golden hair.
He watches her walk towards him in the dress she knows he likes. Stiff
fabric, taut across her hips. Red. The same color as her underwear. Lace
with little bows. As if Kate herself is something to be unwrapped, to be torn
open.
She looks for clues. His tie is gone, three buttons of his shirt open to
reveal fine curls. The whites of his eyes glow pink. He hands her a glass of
wine and she catches the alcohol on his breath, sweet and pungent.
Perspiration beads her back, under her arms.
The wine is chardonnay, usually her favorite. But now the smell turns
her stomach, makes her think of rot. She presses the glass to her lips
without taking a sip.
“Hi, babe,” she says in a bright voice, polished just for him. “How was
work?”
But the words catch in her throat.
His eyes narrow. He moves quickly, despite the alcohol: his fingers
digging into the soft flesh of her bicep.
“Where did you go today?”
She knows better than to twist out of his grasp, though every cell of her
wants to. Instead, she places her hand on his chest.
“Nowhere,” she says, trying to keep her voice steady. “I’ve been home
all day.” She’d been careful to leave her iPhone at the apartment when she
walked to the pharmacy, to take only cash with her. She smiles, leans in to
kiss him.
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