Chapter Four
Payback’s a Bitch
The moon was full and round and lit by a million surrounding stars. They strolled along the water’s edge, arm in arm, Meredith basking in the quiet darkness of the frosty winter evening and her husband’s undivided attention. He’d called earlier in the day, surprising her with a trip to a friend’s lake house. Saturday night and all day Sunday, not a soul, not Mrs. Langshire or a cell phone or a briefcase of work to come between them for twenty-four hours.
“This feels like a honeymoon,” she said contently. “You suppose it will be like this when we actually…you know, get to sneak away?”
“I hope so.”
Though they were wearing flannel and parkas, the wind was picking up and they retreated to the cabin, where they snuggled in by the fire. Meri picked at his jea
