Chapter 2: Planting Temptation
And maybe not.
Sitting at the country club with Roxanne, she picked at her meal, her mind a million miles away. She would have cancelled the ‘girls’ day’ she and her friend had scheduled in a hot second, if it had meant Tom was staying home with her, rather than going to some stupid board meeting. But he hadn’t, so she’d tried to fake a cheerful demeanor as they’d had their nails done, been primped and pampered in the most satisfying way, and then had driven her car (bought for her by Tom, of course) to the country club, where the waitstaff hung poised to cater to her every whim.
“Meredith?”
“Hmmm?”
“Meredith, look at me.”
She raised her head, knowing that Roxanne would see her miserable eyes. “What?”
“Honey?” There was a world of sympathy in her frien
