Night Blindness
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David raised his eyebrows. “Brady Irons is in jail?”
I balled up my napkin and threw it at him. “Of course not. He works there. Isn’t it amazing that after all these years I found him?”
Odion disappeared into the kitchen and came back with five plates. “Who is this Brady Irons? I missed so much not going to high school with all of you.”
Gabby took them from him and set the table as she talked. “Cady loved him in high school.”
“You did?” Chandler and David asked at the same time. Jesus, boys were so dense.
Gabby peered up and saw my flushed cheeks. “And apparently she still does.”
I picked up the napkins and silver I’d brought in and followed her around the table, setting each place. “I do not.” I could feel my face getting even hotter. “It was just really nice to see him again.”
David finished his drink in one long gulp and then let out a loud burp. “I don’t think a married woman should be this excited about seeing an ex-boyfriend.”
“Hardly,” I said. “I don’t think I ever spoke a word to him in high school.”
“Just because you were too shy back then doesn’t mean you’re too shy now,” Gabby said, puckering her lips.
David reached in his pocket and handed me his cell phone. “Call Lover Boy up,” he said. “Invite him for dinner next week. We won’t tell Greg.”
“I’m not inviting him anywhere near here until it gets a little less sty-like.” I swept a pile of crumbs off the dining room table into my hand. “You know, sometimes I miss Emma.”
“Fuck you,” David said pleasantly. “I’ll clean … eventually.”
“We can argue about Cady’s crappy marriage later,” Chandler told us, bringing the chicken vindaloo in on a platter. “It’s time to eat.”
“My marriage isn’t that crappy,” I told them. But the whole way through dinner, I couldn’t get Brady Irons out of my mind.
About the Author
SUSAN STRECKER holds a bachelor of arts degree from Drew University and a master’s in marriage and family therapy from Southern Connecticut State University. She resides in Essex, Connecticut, with her husband and two children. Night Blindness is her first novel.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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First Edition: October 2014