Forbidden Dance: Will She Forgo Her Marriage for a Lifetime of Happiness? Read Free

mentioned for the fiftieth stint in a row.
    “Shut up, you moron!” he muttered through clenched teeth.
    The elderly male passenger beside him stared, his eyebrows arched wide.
    “Are you at war with your conscience?” the passenger asked in a kind tone.
    Kyle pressed his lips together. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to disturb your peace.”
    The man shrugged and waved his apology away. “Worry is eating at you. I can tell. Do you want to share?”
    Kyle paused for a long moment.
    Do I want to confide in a complete stranger? After a while, he turned to the man. “If I don’t talk pretty soon, anyway, I’ll probably go nuts.”
    “That’s exactly what I thought,” the man concurred.
    “I just got a call from my father. He said my wife has left me.”
    He thought the man would jump in asking several questions at once, but he said nothing.
    “Aren’t you going to ask why?” Kyle wondered what sort of person wasn’t curious about a bombshell like that.
    “What’s the hurry? You’re going to tell me. We have a couple more hours on this flight.”
    Kyle shifted in his spacious seat as if it had pins, swallowed and took a sip of the alcoholic beverage.
    “I have been a complete idiot, taken better care of work and left her alone with all the comforts a woman could ever hope for.” Admitting he had failed his wife hurt so much. Kyle Thomson had never been linked with failure.
    “Is that all?” His fellow passenger’s question implied Kyle had more to say.
    Kyle glared at the man.
    The older man with silver hair at his temple, stared right back.
    Kyle wrenched away his gaze. “Who are you? A priest? You look at me as if you can see right through my soul.” The large balls of cotton wool floating across the sky caught Kyle’s attention. He always took the window seat in first class. The endless stretch of blue sky dotted with white balls usually calmed his nerves, but not on this occasion. The hypnotic sight suggested there was a mighty being somewhere who was in control of the universe.
    At the moment, his mind churned over his wife’s persistent complaints.
    “I haven’t had sex with her in several months.” As the words left his mouth, he covered his face in guilt. He was a disgrace. Alero was the most beautiful woman he had ever met, and she had given him a hard time before he could get in between her legs.
    “Is there any reason you shirked your marital responsibilities?” Though his companion’s question was softly spoken, it felt like a whiplash on his battered conscience.
    Kyle winced. “There’s no good enough reason. Honestly, I don’t know why I’m speaking to a complete stranger about my problems.”
    The man kept his eyes shut. “I’m listening,” he replied as if Kyle was a problem child. “Life deals you various cards. The decision on what to do with each card is yours to make. So what are you going to do about your situation?”
    Kyle rubbed his jaw. “I’m going to find her and bring her back home where she belongs.” There was certainty in his words. Only his heart faltered.
    The man laughed.
    “What’s funny?” Kyle wondered what was comical about his marriage falling apart.
    “How long have you been married?”
    “Four years at the start of the year.”
    “Did you celebrate your wedding anniversary with your wife?”
    Why did this man’s query set his teeth on edge? Kyle shook his head. Alero had called him during the weeks leading up to January thirtieth, to remind him to fly home, to celebrate. He had told her there was no time. Work and other commitments had his name tag. A million dollar project in LA for Walt Disney, and a tennis tournament he could not cast off. How could he jettison his career and his reputation to celebrate his wedding anniversary? Now, the old man’s question stabbed his scruples and he recoiled in his seat.
    “There are many things you need to learn. Many things. A woman can remain loyal with her body and soul until she finds a good