16: Making some Soup
Marlene froze for until she was certain he had left the house, then she heard the engine of his car roaring just outside and she dragged her feet to the window to watch him drive away. Their eyes locked momentarily when she pulled the curtain to the side to get a better look. He did not linger much on her, or come back even though she was pleading with her eyes for him to do so.
As soon as she was alone, her mind began to torture her. How could she have been so reckless? Why on earth would she drink after several years and do so in front of another man that she was not even that close with.
She quickly realised that she had underestimated him from the moment she met him and only ever felt sorry for him because he looked so clueless about everything.
She recalle
