Our Wedding Night
She clearly wants to get off the subject
herself. “So. What do you guys do for a living?”
Ben glares at me, then takes a slug of whiskey. “I make paper,” he begins.
As he’s explaining about his paper company, I sip my tepid coffee, trembling a little. I can’t believe my stupid white lie came out. But neither can I believe how seriously Ben is taking it. For God’s sake. Who cares who nursed whom? I’m so distracted, I tune right out of the conversation, then wake up when I hear the words “move abroad” from Ben. Is he talking about France?
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