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Authors: Natalie-Nicole Bates
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same time he was engaged to Kelly. We fell in love…” She paused when she felt her face heat. “Well, I was in love.
“Anyway, he told me that he was going to break the engagement with Kelly and we were going to be together. He told me all kinds of silly stuff that he never really meant, and I built up a huge, childish fantasy that he was going to marry me. Then about two weeks before the wedding, my mother was out of the house at a dental appointment and we wound up in my bedroom and one thing led to another…”
Suzy startled. “Are you saying that the two of you…”
Lynsey really, really didn’t want to explain any further what was already evident, but she continued. “It was classic, clumsy first-time sex. He didn’t get undressed, three thrusts and it was over. Nicky got up off of me, zipped his jeans, apologized, and left. I never heard from him again until he asked me at his wedding reception if I was pregnant. That’s really all there is to tell,” she said as she picked at the coconut on her slice of cake.
“Wow, I knew there was something going on, but I had no idea that my brother was your first lover. He was your first, right?”
“Yes,” she said tersely. “I guess if anything satisfying came from it, it’s the knowledge that I had your brother first, not Kelly,” she smugly added.
Suzy chuckled. “I always thought that Swiss ice hockey player was your first.”
“Jean-Luc? No, he wasn’t my first lover. Do you know that he’s a coach for a National Hockey League team now? I still see him for dinner once or twice a year.”
“Just how many men do you have on a string?” Suzy asked.
Lynsey’s dark lashes flew up at the accusation. “Are you insinuating that I’m some kind of a whore? Just because I have friends who happen to be men doesn’t mean that I sleep with them all,” she hissed.
“I didn’t mean that at all, Lynsey. I’m jealous of your beauty and your success, okay?” she admitted. “You have everything—a successful career, an incredible house, men who fall at your feet…” she shook her head. “You are so lucky, Lynsey, and you don’t even realize it. You have everything anyone could ever want .”
“And I would trade it all to have what you have. We had it all planned out, remember? We were going to be best friends forever, and get married, and live in the same neighborhood, and have our babies together, and our kids would be best friends as well...”
“I think you’re just romanticizing that idea,” Suzy interjected.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, you had that chance, Lynsey. When you went to Switzerland it was only supposed to be for one year. If you really wanted to be a wife and a mother, you would have come home and married Caleb. That man was so in love with you back then that he was willing to wait as long as it took for you to return from Europe. Only you never came home. You stayed on for four more years.”
What Suzy was saying was the uncomfortable truth. She could have been married now to Caleb for almost twenty years. They would have had a home and children. But would she have been happy?
“I understand what you’re saying, Suzy, really I do. Still, you have everything I’ve ever wanted—a home with a man who loves you, and gorgeous, healthy children.”
Suddenly, Suzy stifled a sob.
“What is so wrong, Suzy? Please tell me so I can help,” Lynsey said gently.
“Everything is wrong, Lynsey. Doug wants a divorce. He got someone at his office pregnant. He hasn’t been on the road like I said, he’s been with her!”
Suzy’s thin body shuddered.
Lynsey always thought Suzy and Doug were the perfect couple. Rock-solid and unshakeable. Now she was just stunned. “I’m so sorry.” She moved her chair next to her friend. “What are you going to do?”
“I have no idea. Doug wants to sell the house. We’re deep in debt, we have no savings, and I have no skills to get a job. All I’ve ever been is a wife and a
“Anyway, he told me that he was going to break the engagement with Kelly and we were going to be together. He told me all kinds of silly stuff that he never really meant, and I built up a huge, childish fantasy that he was going to marry me. Then about two weeks before the wedding, my mother was out of the house at a dental appointment and we wound up in my bedroom and one thing led to another…”
Suzy startled. “Are you saying that the two of you…”
Lynsey really, really didn’t want to explain any further what was already evident, but she continued. “It was classic, clumsy first-time sex. He didn’t get undressed, three thrusts and it was over. Nicky got up off of me, zipped his jeans, apologized, and left. I never heard from him again until he asked me at his wedding reception if I was pregnant. That’s really all there is to tell,” she said as she picked at the coconut on her slice of cake.
“Wow, I knew there was something going on, but I had no idea that my brother was your first lover. He was your first, right?”
“Yes,” she said tersely. “I guess if anything satisfying came from it, it’s the knowledge that I had your brother first, not Kelly,” she smugly added.
Suzy chuckled. “I always thought that Swiss ice hockey player was your first.”
“Jean-Luc? No, he wasn’t my first lover. Do you know that he’s a coach for a National Hockey League team now? I still see him for dinner once or twice a year.”
“Just how many men do you have on a string?” Suzy asked.
Lynsey’s dark lashes flew up at the accusation. “Are you insinuating that I’m some kind of a whore? Just because I have friends who happen to be men doesn’t mean that I sleep with them all,” she hissed.
“I didn’t mean that at all, Lynsey. I’m jealous of your beauty and your success, okay?” she admitted. “You have everything—a successful career, an incredible house, men who fall at your feet…” she shook her head. “You are so lucky, Lynsey, and you don’t even realize it. You have everything anyone could ever want .”
“And I would trade it all to have what you have. We had it all planned out, remember? We were going to be best friends forever, and get married, and live in the same neighborhood, and have our babies together, and our kids would be best friends as well...”
“I think you’re just romanticizing that idea,” Suzy interjected.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, you had that chance, Lynsey. When you went to Switzerland it was only supposed to be for one year. If you really wanted to be a wife and a mother, you would have come home and married Caleb. That man was so in love with you back then that he was willing to wait as long as it took for you to return from Europe. Only you never came home. You stayed on for four more years.”
What Suzy was saying was the uncomfortable truth. She could have been married now to Caleb for almost twenty years. They would have had a home and children. But would she have been happy?
“I understand what you’re saying, Suzy, really I do. Still, you have everything I’ve ever wanted—a home with a man who loves you, and gorgeous, healthy children.”
Suddenly, Suzy stifled a sob.
“What is so wrong, Suzy? Please tell me so I can help,” Lynsey said gently.
“Everything is wrong, Lynsey. Doug wants a divorce. He got someone at his office pregnant. He hasn’t been on the road like I said, he’s been with her!”
Suzy’s thin body shuddered.
Lynsey always thought Suzy and Doug were the perfect couple. Rock-solid and unshakeable. Now she was just stunned. “I’m so sorry.” She moved her chair next to her friend. “What are you going to do?”
“I have no idea. Doug wants to sell the house. We’re deep in debt, we have no savings, and I have no skills to get a job. All I’ve ever been is a wife and a
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