What Goes Around Comes Around by O.C. Shaw

Author:O.C. Shaw
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary, Literature & Fiction
ISBN: 1494281058
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Published: 2014-01-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

The rest of the week is exactly the same as my life has always been with a couple of small exceptions. With Adam away at university and Ethan working most evenings, Greg and I are alone together most nights until Ethan gets home in the early hours. The silence between Greg and me is intense, emphasising the fact that most of the noise in our family has been centred around the kids and not each other. It exacerbates the gulf I feel has emerged between us. I’m not sure if Greg feels it when he’s with me or not. He is spending even more time painting than usual, often waking me up when he comes to bed to have sex. Each time follows the same pattern as the first night of my return. As the week wears on, though, Greg seems to relax a little, back into his more usual miserable self. It’s almost a relief compared to the silent, tense Greg I observed at first on my return.

The second thing which has changed is that I’m starting to write. In those quiet moments when Greg is painting and I’m not at work, I will pull up Adam’s old laptop and write. It’s amazing how many hours I can lose in the process, and how resentful I feel when forced to stop and attend to either Greg’s or Ethan’s needs. I don’t fool myself it’s any good – it’s a crime thriller with a strong female lead – but I love the sense of fulfilment as the story comes together in my mind and I struggle to capture its essence on the page.

My hours of writing have come at the cost of the gym, and while I’m still eating sensibly I know I need the exercise. In part I wonder if I’m avoiding going for some reason – because of James? On Saturday morning I decide it can’t wait any longer, and I gather my things. Greg is already in the shed painting, so I leave him a note before getting in the car and driving the short distance to the gym.

As I walk into reception Stuart’s beaming smile greets me. “She’s alive!” he says in the style of Dr Frankenstein in the movie.

I smile. “How are you?”

“Good. More to the point, how are you? We haven’t seen you in ages. I thought we may have put you off exercise forever.”

“Not at all,” I grin, “just busy at home.”

He looks at me closely as if searching for something in my face, before saying in a more serious tone, “Everything okay? People were actually worried about you.” He doesn’t say who, and I don’t ask.

“Of course, I’m fine,” I say in my usual bland tones before heading off to the changing rooms quickly to prevent the conversation going further.

Pete is in the gym when I re-emerge, and he greets me with a warm hug. It’s nice to feel like he’s a good friend now. He mentions having seen Annie a

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