Chapter 5

“Did you tell her what you thought?”

“Shit, no. I hung up.”

I contemplated my friend. Marty had fallen for a woman, oh, maybe eight years before. It had lasted about a year and a half. Then, one day, Claudia had moved out. Marty had never discussed it, had refused to talk about it. But since that time, she’d never allowed herself to become seriously involved with anyone. The minute the other woman even started to look like she might want something serious, something longer than forty-eight hours, Marty was off, looking for someone new. It had been a long line of one-nighters. An unusual one may have lasted two weeks, but never longer…until Marty had met Taylor.

Despite the miles between them, this relationship had lasted over four months now. They had seen each other three times, but the phone time was adding up.