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“Victoria, you ran off,” Eric accused when he reached the two beautiful women at the bar. “How can you leave me to my own devices?” “You were getting along quite fine.” Victoria sipped her drink and glanced at Olive. “This is my best friend, Olive. She’s a doctor at the Nairobi Hospital. If you ever need a checkup, she’s the one to call.” Olive held out her hand to Eric with a dazzling smile. “Nice to meet you. And you are?” “Eric Kabuto, photographer,” he said.…- 38.8 K • Ongoing
- It should have been easy to forget Eric. After all, Victoria told herself, he was like a wind passing through her life. She remembered watching him take photographs at Beth’s wedding. How easy it was to see the pain and shadow of longing in Eric’s eyes those days. Watching him sit opposite Beth on Monday afternoon felt like she was rediscovering his secret again. What surprised her was the constant pang of jealousy plaguing her. She knew Eric liked Beth, even teased him about it when they first…
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- “She’s very special,” Eric said to the older woman. “Victoria, this is my aunt Rose. Auntie, this is Victoria. I’m trying to impress her. Please tell me you have a table.” Victoria was surprised, but she managed to hide it, or she hoped she did. Clutching Eric’s hand since he would not let go, she met Aunt Rose’s curious gaze. The older woman studied her with critical appraisal. Victoria tried not to feel like a specimen under a microscope. When Aunt Rose simply smiled and nodded,…
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- Victoria sat in the waiting room of her doctor’s office. It was Thursday afternoon, and she fought a rising wave of anxiety while she waited for her appointment. She had called her doctor the same day she discovered the truth about Ronald. Olive had insisted she come in that evening after work for a checkup, and the nurse had drawn three vials of blood. Victoria’s dread had spiked from that moment on. Each time she thought about the test results, fear squeezed her lungs. She had barely gotten any…
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- An hour later, leaning on a tree in the gorgeous garden belonging to Taylor’s aunt, Victoria watched Eric focus his lens on a laughing Beth. They were standing by a bush of pink roses, Beth holding one up to her nose. Her wedding dress was gorgeous in the afternoon sun. Victoria wondered what Eric was thinking as he took photographs of a woman he wished had been his. She watched him smile at Beth and frowned when a tinge of jealousy stirred inside her. Turning away from them, she pushed off the tree…
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- Working with Ronald turned into a trial. Victoria carried a box full of lanyard nametags into her office. She had spent two hours arguing with Ronald. She carried one thousand pieces in the box for a conference event the next morning. Ronald wanted them replaced because he did not want the guests wearing the tags around their necks. He wanted the nametags clipped. Why it mattered, she had no idea. The business conference organizers did not have a preference, so Ronald was just being a…
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