Page 13 of Wait for Me

Marie did.

Logan chewed into the last bit of lamb chops, juicy and cooked to his specifications. Still it would have tasted better had he been in a good mood.

There was no way now he could reboot his relationship with Marie. It was too late, wasn’t it?

He glanced at her again. She was gazing out the windows. He could see a bit of her neckline. He remembered…

No. For all practical purposes, their relationship was over.

The only thing they had in common was parenthood. Even that, they could no longer do together.

“How’s work?” Logan blurted.

That’s original.Logan chided himself.

“Work?” Marie faced him. There was no frown on her face. It was cold. Like a steel in some wintry outdoors.

“I’m trying.” That wasn’t much of an explanation, but…

“To do what, exactly?” Marie asked. “To prevent us from killing each other the next five days?”

“We survived the first day.”

“By avoiding each other.”

“As long as you don’t lop off my head like David did Goliath.” Logan didn’t know why he said that.

Marie laughed.

Oh I loved to hear that.Logan stared at her again.

“Parenting is hard, isn’t it?” Marie asked. “So much harder than…”

Logan waited.

She didn’t finish her sentence.

“Than what?” Logan asked.

“Than many things…” Marie seemed calm, but Logan could tell that something was percolating just beneath the surface.

“Like your job?”

Now Marie frowned a little. No one else would have been able to spot it, but Logan could. He could tell when she was upset at all, or starting to be.

“Why do you keep bringing up my job?” she asked. “You saidworkearlier. How about asking me about my career?”

Logan felt a heartburn coming.

Should he say what was on his mind?

Here goes.“You chose it over us.”

“Us?” Marie’s eyes widened. “You and Jonas against me now?”

“Let’s not fight.”

Marie pushed back her chair.

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