Daughters of the Lake

by Wendy Webb

She did not remarry—why should she listen to someone else complain that she hadn’t washed his stockings correctly?—and

Unlike his, Kate’s close relationships lasted a lifetime.

listen. Who cares? Focus on something other than your marriage-in-shambles! That’s a good thing. Get through these days in any way you can. It’s better than wallowing in self-pity and despair, which, by the way, I would be doing in your shoes. I love a good wallow.”

“Do you know how wonderful you are?” “Of course I do,” Simon laughed. “I’ve been singing my own praises for years.”

“And you don’t have to be a fly on the wall. You can be the fly in the ointment that you are because he’s coming here.”