Aphrodite glanced down at the phone. The name on the screen instantly pushed a lump into her throat. She swallowed hard and looked back up at Sanders’, shrugging her shoulders. She intentionally resisted eavesdropping on the conversation when he answered sitting next to her, attuning her attention to the sound of Akiko’s video games upstairs.
She had never heard Dawn’s voice before, she didn’t know her face. She had never known the woman as anything more than a Sanders' brief fling, and Akiko’s mother. She watched Sanders pace across the deck and she clenched her trembling hand into a fist. She was familiar with this feeling. This was jealousy. She was jealous. She was a weak and petty woman who had given something up and was mad that someone else had touched it.
Of all the things she had shared with Sanders’, and everything they’d almost had, Dawn had given him the one thing she couldn't ever and she squandered it.
Aphrodite took little comfort in knowing that it wasn’t just Sanders who made her feel this way. She was jealous of eager, young lab technicians who smiled at her husband too brightly, and of Julianna and her bouncing baby boy. She didn’t know when she’d become this insecure version of herself.
Sanders came back inside and Aphrodite stood to move closer to him. He looked a little shell-shocked, as if for moment someone had stolen all the air from him. She cocked her head at the way he was postured in front of the glass. This self-conscious air was unusual for him, but she waited for him to explain himself.
“That’s wonderful,” she sighed without missing a beat. He was clearly nervous about the idea, but her lips pulled back into a smile. “I mean--just--wow. That’s fantastic.” She closed the distance between them to hug him. There was something selfish in the embrace that she refused to acknowledge.
“Luckily you have the rest of the summer to figure out the details. I'll help, if you need me, of course. Do you want me to head out so you can talk to her?”
She had never heard Dawn’s voice before, she didn’t know her face. She had never known the woman as anything more than a Sanders' brief fling, and Akiko’s mother. She watched Sanders pace across the deck and she clenched her trembling hand into a fist. She was familiar with this feeling. This was jealousy. She was jealous. She was a weak and petty woman who had given something up and was mad that someone else had touched it.
Of all the things she had shared with Sanders’, and everything they’d almost had, Dawn had given him the one thing she couldn't ever and she squandered it.
Aphrodite took little comfort in knowing that it wasn’t just Sanders who made her feel this way. She was jealous of eager, young lab technicians who smiled at her husband too brightly, and of Julianna and her bouncing baby boy. She didn’t know when she’d become this insecure version of herself.
Sanders came back inside and Aphrodite stood to move closer to him. He looked a little shell-shocked, as if for moment someone had stolen all the air from him. She cocked her head at the way he was postured in front of the glass. This self-conscious air was unusual for him, but she waited for him to explain himself.
“That’s wonderful,” she sighed without missing a beat. He was clearly nervous about the idea, but her lips pulled back into a smile. “I mean--just--wow. That’s fantastic.” She closed the distance between them to hug him. There was something selfish in the embrace that she refused to acknowledge.
“Luckily you have the rest of the summer to figure out the details. I'll help, if you need me, of course. Do you want me to head out so you can talk to her?”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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