Chapter 11: Misunderstanding
As she drove home from her night with Valerie, she contemplated her various options, a knot in her stomach all the while. Her wedding with Barry was set for the following fall, and they were starting to look for a house. She did want to live with Barry, and she knew he was open to outside relationships for each of them. But he seemed to view everything about Valerie with distaste. Sam, on the other hand, found her absolutely irresistible. And she still had Alex “lined up,” so to speak—waiting to meet Sam whenever it could be arranged. It was confusing, and exhausting.
Life went on. Sam went to work, took care of the kids, saw Barry, talked to her mom—with one ear tuned to hear the phone ring. When more than a week had passed with no word from Valerie, Sam sta
