Fair play
'll be better if I inf
e. I'm sure he won't mind,"
ith a smile
and and she was he
tated looking towards the door
over his
him off, waving a hand dism
. He won
further, Catherine was alrea
softly against the tiled fl
would appreciate the effort
y rekindled
racing with excitement sinc
James' empire. She clutched
f the warm, freshly cooked
She had spent the entire mo
e him with a personal touc
hare before their relat
woman that changed the dyna
tted with her because of
y were good t
irst two years of their mar
eturned to the country and t
rought up the issue of divorc
for
he spark back into their ma
to be wasted. She wanted h
r power to make her marria
here
or, tapped lightly once, the
the handle and
hattered in
es' desk, sat his secreta
rray, and their bodies tangl
smelled of betrayal, and the
abrupt halt as t
She dropped the basket of fo
hrough the room. The wrapped
ct carpet. For a second,
hat she saw unfolding be
sque
secretary, adjusting his
d during a business meeti
ayal. Someone caught in
his eyes narrowing. "What t
oat, and she felt the sting
e for this. She had come
ng, to try and rebuil
she stammered, h
u that I'm hun
, James. I just wan
into one of pure disdain.
enacing authority. "Don't
permissi
his anger before his hand c
the emotional pain that f
r hand flying to
e whispered, tears spilli
e had once loved so
ome pathetic homemade mea
e spilled contents of the
neatly wrapped gift she ha
across the room. It crashed
lass echoing
said harshly. "And I certain
with your ridiculous,
e slap, and Catherine stood
had known their marriage w
She had thought he might sti
ave. But standing here, in h
ding eye contact, she realiz
ed coldly. "If you ever com
re will be consequence
eathe through the pain. S
hin the crushing w
r again as he returned to hi
e last few years of their
rine bent down to collect t
she had cooked with such l
pointless now. She couldn'
ed the broken pie
ance at James, Catherine tur
d shame from the embarrass
uld feel the pitiful look,
taff. These were the people
walked past just a few mi
g their
anything else as she rushe
no idea how she made it to
away from the humiliation,
she took felt heavier than
o close in on her
ords played over and over i
than th
het
isgus
s come to use in describing
how pathetic and useless sh
back to herself after leavi
useless t
lege because her step-moth
o train both her and her st
re
cally sold to James, since
d him. She believed that at l
o she doesn't fee
ce more proven that she is
employees. She bit down on
ow had her life become suc
she o
ng her arrival in the parkin
misted with tears, and as s
g toward her unti
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