Chapter Thirteen - Preparations
She did not hear from Stein again until he phoned on Friday night. The week seemed endless. Her dreams were haunted by the lurching figure of Richie. Her days were filled with memories of Jeff: their wedding at Saint Andrew’s, the Country Club reception, flying off for three weeks of tennis and surf in Hawaii. Then they came back to buy their home here. She remembered the fun they had decorating and furnishing it, making love in their king sized bed, the parties, friends, grand plans for the future. It all seemed perfect and, in a very real way, it was.
On Wednesday she pulled out her suitcases determined this time to drive straight through to Boston. But in the middle of packing she recalled a story Jeff had told her one night when she complained of the
