David
A few months passed. I knew Brent was chomping at the bit. I knew he didn’t understand why it was all taking so long, but I knew it was the right thing to do. Kaye needed to settle into the new marriage, to become a little bit more complacent about it.
I kept myself a bit distant from her. Not too much. Not enough to allow her to accuse me of anything. Just enough to shake her loose from me, hopefully. Just enough so when the time came, she would fall right into Brent’s arms.
Because it was still the plan. I hadn’t given it up. Sometimes I slipped up and almost forgot the main point of the whole thing. Sometimes I let myself enjoy her company, her willing presence in my bed.
It was probably better I did, though. If she found me moody and unpredictable, she would be more likely to
