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ceiling and closes her eyes. She doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry, and since she can’t cry, she decides to laugh.
“ I hardly find this amusing!”
Natalie laughs some more anyway. Shakes her head. “You’re right, it’s not funny, but it’s absurd.”
“I don’t know what’s gotten into you. You’ve always been so sensible. I’ve never seen this side of you before. First you attack me, and now Lena. Honestly, I’m wondering whether I should be worried about Chloe living here.”
Natalie’s body tenses and her expression turns to steel. “Don’t you dare threaten me with Chloe. Because if you want a war, you’ll get one!”
Peter holds her stare for a few seconds and then looks down at his hands.
She takes a deep breath and lets it out. “Look, I went over to talk to Lena today and I admit I lost my temper and slapped her. Nothing more. I know that was wrong. After that, she attacked me, okay? She jumped me. All I did was defend myself. In fact, my shoulder is sore from her knocking me to the ground.”
Peter studies her. “Why should I believe anything you say?”
“Come on, Peter, don’t you know me better? Is she even injured? That woman is built like a Marine.”
“I have to admit I was surprised by her story.” He appears to mull things over. “She’s pretty upset, though, and I don’t blame her. I wouldn’t go near her again, do you understand?”
“I have no desire to see her again. Believe me. I just felt she should realize that her actions have consequences. She’s hurting people.”
Peter gets agitated. “Listen, you need to get past this. I’m not coming back, okay? Our marriage is over.”
Natalie swallows. “I understand that.” She wants to say something spiteful, but stops herself.
“How did you even know where she works?”
“I, uh. . . .” Natalie tries to think of a plausible explanation. Obviously, she can’t admit that she and Lindsay followed him. It wasn’t hard to imagine Peter taking that too well. The way things were going, he’d probably take out a restraining order and accuse her of stalking. “I looked her up on the Internet.”
Peter frowns, but seems to accept this. “I want it to end here. I don’t want you frightening her like that again. ”
Natalie tries not to scoff as she imagines Lena playing up this whole thing and acting as if she were frightened. I’ll bet she’s only upset that she didn’t take a piece out of me.
Lena was like a pit bull with lipstick and tight yoga pants.
By the time Peter is done adding recriminations about lawyers and legal actions, Natalie is so fed up she wants to scream. It’s a huge relief when he leaves.
She heads upstairs to the guest bedroom, having moved all her things in there after Peter moved out. It was too depressing sleeping in their old bedroom alone. During the day, she’s busy at the bakery, but at night things are different. It’s hard to sleep alone. The bed in the guest bedroom is only a queen, and not as large as the king she and Peter shared, but she still doesn’t know where to sleep on it. Oftentimes she wakes up at night confused and adrift, wondering where she is. Though they seldom had sex anymore, Natalie discovered she misses Peter the most at night. She misses his presence. She misses having someone she can talk with about the minutia of her day, to share her ideas with or even just the comfort of sitting in bed together, each of them reading something. In truth, it has been a while since they’d been close, but now she realizes how much of it she took for granted.
Of course, she still has Chloe, and Lindsay has basically moved in. In fact, she wonders what Oliver thinks about all this and if he minds that his girlfriend has abandoned him. She’s only met him briefly, but most men wouldn’t be too pleased. Lindsay claims he travels a lot and doesn’t care, but it’s hard to tell whether that’s the truth or not, since she’s so terrible with
“ I hardly find this amusing!”
Natalie laughs some more anyway. Shakes her head. “You’re right, it’s not funny, but it’s absurd.”
“I don’t know what’s gotten into you. You’ve always been so sensible. I’ve never seen this side of you before. First you attack me, and now Lena. Honestly, I’m wondering whether I should be worried about Chloe living here.”
Natalie’s body tenses and her expression turns to steel. “Don’t you dare threaten me with Chloe. Because if you want a war, you’ll get one!”
Peter holds her stare for a few seconds and then looks down at his hands.
She takes a deep breath and lets it out. “Look, I went over to talk to Lena today and I admit I lost my temper and slapped her. Nothing more. I know that was wrong. After that, she attacked me, okay? She jumped me. All I did was defend myself. In fact, my shoulder is sore from her knocking me to the ground.”
Peter studies her. “Why should I believe anything you say?”
“Come on, Peter, don’t you know me better? Is she even injured? That woman is built like a Marine.”
“I have to admit I was surprised by her story.” He appears to mull things over. “She’s pretty upset, though, and I don’t blame her. I wouldn’t go near her again, do you understand?”
“I have no desire to see her again. Believe me. I just felt she should realize that her actions have consequences. She’s hurting people.”
Peter gets agitated. “Listen, you need to get past this. I’m not coming back, okay? Our marriage is over.”
Natalie swallows. “I understand that.” She wants to say something spiteful, but stops herself.
“How did you even know where she works?”
“I, uh. . . .” Natalie tries to think of a plausible explanation. Obviously, she can’t admit that she and Lindsay followed him. It wasn’t hard to imagine Peter taking that too well. The way things were going, he’d probably take out a restraining order and accuse her of stalking. “I looked her up on the Internet.”
Peter frowns, but seems to accept this. “I want it to end here. I don’t want you frightening her like that again. ”
Natalie tries not to scoff as she imagines Lena playing up this whole thing and acting as if she were frightened. I’ll bet she’s only upset that she didn’t take a piece out of me.
Lena was like a pit bull with lipstick and tight yoga pants.
By the time Peter is done adding recriminations about lawyers and legal actions, Natalie is so fed up she wants to scream. It’s a huge relief when he leaves.
She heads upstairs to the guest bedroom, having moved all her things in there after Peter moved out. It was too depressing sleeping in their old bedroom alone. During the day, she’s busy at the bakery, but at night things are different. It’s hard to sleep alone. The bed in the guest bedroom is only a queen, and not as large as the king she and Peter shared, but she still doesn’t know where to sleep on it. Oftentimes she wakes up at night confused and adrift, wondering where she is. Though they seldom had sex anymore, Natalie discovered she misses Peter the most at night. She misses his presence. She misses having someone she can talk with about the minutia of her day, to share her ideas with or even just the comfort of sitting in bed together, each of them reading something. In truth, it has been a while since they’d been close, but now she realizes how much of it she took for granted.
Of course, she still has Chloe, and Lindsay has basically moved in. In fact, she wonders what Oliver thinks about all this and if he minds that his girlfriend has abandoned him. She’s only met him briefly, but most men wouldn’t be too pleased. Lindsay claims he travels a lot and doesn’t care, but it’s hard to tell whether that’s the truth or not, since she’s so terrible with
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