I sat there, in the glaring lights of Anna’s kitchen, across from Roz, once again, but this time outside the ambiguous safety of her office. She looked at me expectantly, her eyes glowering through her glasses − and I was already feeling so self-conscious. “What are you trying to say?” I felt as if I [...]
“Does that include me?” Nathalie asked. It threw me so off guard I nearly knocked over my glass, catching it just before it tipped over completely and soaked Nathalie and Anna’s kitchen table. “What?” “I think Anna’s having an affair.” It took a while to register completely. “Why do you think so?” “With Roz.” My [...]
On Monday evening I rang Anna’s bell with a shaky hand. A tall blond woman opened the door. “You must be Lee,” she said. “Do come in.” I pressed a sweaty palm into hers. “My name is Roz, but you already knew that, right?” She smiled invitingly, the way shrinks do, I supposed. Already I [...]
Being the dramaholic that I was, I didn’t get to spend half the time I wanted with Nathalie and Anna, and their gorgeous little boy Leo − drama is very time-consuming. I’d also never really been one to hang out with exes (unless it meant getting back into bed with them). On Saturday afternoon I [...]
I could hardly blame Nathalie for falling for Anna. She was gorgeous. That’s not what I saw that night at the pub, of course. But after a week or so, when my sense of pride had deflated, and I realised I was hurting way more over my imminent break-up with Katy, I thought I could [...]