you should have called me . i would have come . of corse i would have come ."
how was i going to tell his ....uor children ?
which would be the right words ? my toes cramped under my weight , but i welcomed the discomfort .
in the end , the pain was too acute . i got to my feet and went in search of rose , she was in the kitchen , sitting at the table with her head in her hands . at my entrance , she looked up ." are you all right ?"
" what do you think ?"
"i don't think anything , minty ."
i pushed myself into a chair ." i was thinking how unfair it was on nathan . he did not deserve this ."
rose got up , went to a cupboard , took out a bottle , and presented me with a drink ." brandy . we'd better have some ."
the glass was heavy , with a pattern incised into it . it felt weightly and expensive . i recognized it . we had two exactly the same in lakey street ." we divided things ." nathan reported when he and rose divorced ." straight down the line . i owned her half of verything ." he had been so pleased with his fairness and generosity thet i had snapped shut my lips and forborne to point out that two matching glasses out of four were not that useful and half a set of silver - plated cutlery limited one's options .
obediently , i drank . rose asked ." were there my any clues that nathan 's heart was giving him problems ?"
"no . but then i had not been looking for any ."
she accepted this ." i was concerned about him . don't ask me why , i had not seen much of him . but even so ...." she was too upset to bother with tact -" even so , there was always theconnection between us and i felt , well , when things were not right .
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