31: In the Trenches by Choice
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OUTSIDE, THE AIR WAS thick with humidity. Inside, the air was heavy with tension. She couldn’t understand what happened in the hours after he left to meet someone. Selling Cameron country was never discussed, it was never in the works, but suddenly it was an all-consuming task.
They were meant to visit Sue. Instead, he was using the time to chat with property agents. She felt resentment build up inside her, tearing at her self-control. Something had happened or was going on, and she wanted to understand what that was; but how could she when he wasn’t talking to her?
She sat with her knees tucked under her chin, watching the task-oriented man work the phone. Increasingly frustrated, she decided that chewing her fingernails was not going to solve he
