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144. Red Flowers Make Her See Red
“What are these flowers doing here?” Anita asked
she was about to sit in the car’s
seat. The towel that covered the leather seat
a couple of small red flowers sitting in
crease. The flowers appeared as she straightened out
towel before she sat down. She always straightened
the towel before sitting down, because Logan sometimes
his glasses, pen, or other items on the
seat. She didn’t want to break anything by
on it, nor did she want to injure
by sitting on something sharp.
“What flowers?” Logan
. “These flowers!” she said sharply, holding the two
flowers up to his nose. He said he
’t know. He said he thought they had been
for quite a while. No, they hadn’t, she
him, as she put them into a tissue
then put the tissue in her purse. They
’t there two days ago when she had last
in his car. Maybe they had been there,
she hadn’t seen them, he suggested. “Maybe you’re
! Who did you buy flowers for?” she yelled
him. This was not the first time she
“caught” him cheating on her. She had never
caught him, of course, because he had never
on her. It was a little game she
to play, just to remind Logan not to
.
“Well? Who did you buy these flowers for?”
asked again. He was trying to think. He
sure he had seen the flowers lying there
days, but he had no idea where they
come from. He told her that he had
for a while yesterday with all the windows
, to freshen the car. “You know how windy
was yesterday. Maybe the flowers got blown into
car.”
“Ha!” she snorted. “If I ever catch
even thinking about cheating on me, we’re through!
it?” On the one hand, Logan was too
in love with Anita to ever cheat on
. On the other, when she got bossy like
, he did think—however fleetingly—about moving on.
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