I read my book until you come to bed, unsmiling and unwilling to look me in the eye. You pull your t-shirt over your head and throw it at the basket, missing. It lies there, crumpled and sullen, daring me to say something. I pretend to be engrossed in my book but secretly watch as [...]
The sunlight casts diamonds on the swimming pool and she looks down across from her balcony where she sits and reads. The heat envelopes her like a second skin and pulls her down into the striped lounger. She is bored and her book is thick and heavy and droops from her hands like week-old cut [...]
