by G. H. Ephron
I called back and told my mother thanks, but I had another engagement—and I hung up before she could ask what. I opened up my calendar. I twisted my wedding ring as I glanced over the page filled with today’s meetings and appointments. It was the evening and dinner with Annie that I was looking forward to. Tonight I’d unplug the phone, turn off my beeper. I savored the anticipation.
As I thought about that grilled steak and the special cabernet I’d been saving, I found I’d taken off my ring. I gazed down at it. I remembered when Kate slipped it on my finger during our marriage vows. She’d looked radiant, with flowers in her hair and a simple dress of white lace with a brilliant pink sash. I smiled at the memory. Even a few months ago, remembering brought only pain.
I kissed the ring and dropped it into my pocket.
ALSO BY G. H. EPHRON
Amnesia
ADDICTION. Copyright © 2001 by G. H. Ephron. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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eISBN 9781429973533
First eBook Edition : February 2011
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ephron, G. H.
Addiction / G. H. Ephron.—1st ed. p. cm.
ISBN 0-312-26677-4
1. Forensic psychiatrists—Fiction. 2. Mothers and daughters—Fiction. 3. Teenage girls—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3555.P49 A65 2001
813’.6—dc21
2001034895
First Edition: September 2001