The Weekend AwayIt was Linda's idea.That was the thing that made it the most complicated. Zara had not engineered it and Ethan had not suggested it. Linda had come home from book club on a Thursday evening full of the news that Sarah was throwing a small weekend gathering at her cottage two hours away, a long overdue thing, just a handful of women, starting Friday evening."You should go," Ethan said immediately. He said it warmly, the way he said things he meant."I feel terrible leaving you both.""Don't," Zara said. "Go. You have been saying you needed to spend time with Sarah for weeks."Linda looked between them. The fond look she gave when she was pleased with something. "You two are so easy," she said. "Most husbands would sulk.""Most husbands have never met Sarah," Ethan said.Linda laughed and went to call Sarah and confirm and neither Zara nor Ethan looked at each other across the kitchen.They did not need to.Linda left on Friday at four with a small bag and instruction
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