EpilogueClaire’s fingers were cramped and her face hurt from wearing a smile for eight hours solid. She hated book signings, but it came with the territory when you made the NY Times best seller list for the third time in as many years. Her newest book Emma & Josephine was the new rage and had set of scholarly debates across Europe and the Americas too.
Claire glanced at the line, at least another hour she thought. Her eyes darted to the reading area where Beth sat quietly. Beth never missed a book signing or anything else. She was still beautiful to Claire after the years together. Beth caught her eye, glanced furtively left and right then spread her legs widely apart and stroked the outline of the strap on she wore under her leather pants. Claire was forced to smile, which in turn made
