Love Like This

Chapter 4

Ethan had heard noises upstairs and strangely the rest of the house was empty. Going toward the noises he knew it was his wife, but then coming around the corner to see the man she was riding was enough to rip his gut out.

Lynne stirred in her sleep a little, but this didn't bother him. Lighting a cigarette he wondered how would he get his wife back. How would he make her so emotionally disabled he could bring tears to those cold black eyes?

When morning came, Ethan had not slept all night, but he had a somewhat plan in mind, except he needed to find out more information.

After getting dressed, he picked up the organizer and looked at her schedule. She was due to go over Nanna's house to check on her. Every Tuesday she did this. Ethan had a feeling Lynne was just waiting for her mother to die so she could take control of the Laundromat and sell it off. She had already talked to buyers when Nanna had her first stroke and this weekly visit was only to make people think she was actually concerned about her mother, but in truth would be making a small fortune on the business, which received high traffic due to the location.

Never once had Lynne ever invited him over to see Nanna. She had repeatedly told him he wouldn't be accepted because of his color in her part of the neighborhood. She didn't want anybody to bother Nanna in her condition when they found out Lynne had married a white man. She was quick to say color didn't matter to her, but people in the neighborhood wouldn't understand.