We Have To Talk
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“Ted.” Nancy, gathering up her nerve, grabbed his arm before he left. “We have to talk”
He couldn’t look at her. Couldn’t even meet her eyes, staring over her shoulder. That wasn’t good. “We don’t have to.”
They didn’t need to talk? After he said all that? In front of everyone? Nancy’s fingers tightened around his muscles. “We do.”
A deep breath. She watched his chest rise and fall. Her fingers itched to caress his body. So solid. Strong.
“There’s nothing to talk about.”
Why? Because it was nothing? Him saying he loved her was nothing? Nancy wanted to ask all that. She didn’t. She was afraid he’d say yes. “Ted.”
He turned away, not a glance at her. “I don’t have time. I need to fix Fawn’s tv.”
Right. Fawn. His first love. Nancy let her hand drop. “Tomorrow, then we’ll…”
“Are you ready to go, Ted?” The blonde bounced up to Ted like Nancy wasn’t standing there. She hugged that same arm Nancy had been holding against her bountiful chest.
“Sure.”
Sure. Sure. Nancy’s fists clenched, her fingernails biting into her palms. He didn’t have time for her but for Fawn… ohhh… sure. He had all the time in the world.
She watched as he slunk out the door, not even a backward glance in her direction. Chicken sh**.
He could run and hide today.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, he’d make time. She’d wake him up bright and early and they’d talk. Whether he thought it was nothing or not.
Darn it.
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Read more about an older Nancy, Anne’s business partner, in Breach Of Trust, available May 2008
on January 16th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Thanks for the advice. I am working on my second one…you suggest I wait to query my first? I’m getting rejected anyway…I’m working on the synopsis for it now so I can send it off to those who want it (previously I’ve avoided agents who want the synopsis b/c it’s stressful but now I’m working on it)