“I didn’t take the time to get to know Dodge. I think I found myself drawn to him because he was the opposite of my father—or so I thought. Not physically appealing to other women. Little did I know what some women would go for.”
“I’m sorry you had to find out about him the way you did.”
“The problem was that I never had any deep conversations with him,” Lynley said. “He was an extrovert, liked to be around a lot of people all the time. I thought that would be good for me, but it meant we weren’t alone much when we were dating. You and I have had more deep conversations in one month than he and I had throughout our whole marriage. He was smart enough, he just wasn’t a deep thinker.”
“I’m a deep thinker?”
“Most certainly. We talk about more than the weather, and you don’t try to make small talk because you’re uncomfortable with the silence, or afraid I’m mad at you for some reason if I’m quiet for more than five minutes.”
“Sounds as if Dodge had a guilty conscience.”
“Too bad I figured that out after the wedding.”
John studied the house. “Hey, did you say you painted the trim?”
She turned, at last, to view the house she’d tried so hard to make a home. And had failed. The antique brick, deep green Victorian trim that matched the fence, the landscaping she’d worked so hard to grow. It didn’t appear Dodge had done anything to keep it up. Old, brown vines covered half the house number, and leaves beneath the trees were at least four inches deep. “I built the backyard privacy fence myself.”
He whistled. “You do good work. Too bad nobody bothered with upkeep.”
“Yeah, too bad.”
“I’ll let you help me build my fence as soon as I buy the supplies. You did this all by yourself?”
“Mom taught me how. It never was my father’s thing.”
“Perfect,” he said. “You ready?”
“I’m scared. Be careful.”
“You think your ex can beat me up?”
“No, but—”
“I’ll be careful. If he’s guilty I’ll see him behind bars no matter the cost.”
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