An Act of Love
“Owen held up a book. Of pink leather, it was about five inches by eight, with a small leather tab set with a keyhole. “I found Emily’s diary.”Linda had not yet had time to assimilate into her mind the very thereness of Owen, stocky, redheaded, dark-eyed, stubborn, sweet-smelling Owen, so physically near, wearing the dark green sweater that made him look somehow medieval, gallant, mythic, a nobleman from a tapestry. As always upon seeing him, Linda was struck by love for him. She wanted to be in... his arms, to rub her face against that sweater, to hold him and be healed of the ache of being apart from him.But at his words Linda’s body went cold.“You found Emily’s diary? Where was it?”“At the back of her closet. In a shoe box. Beneath a bunch of shoe boxes.”“You searched Emily’s closet?”“I searched her entire room.”“Owen—without her permission or even her knowledge—that’s so invasive.”“So is accusing Bruce of rape.”“But Owen, couldn’t you have waited until I was home?MoreLess
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