Susan looked at Nathan.
“Company housing,” he said quickly.
“Oh, right,” Susan added. “We’re in the same building. It’ll make the early mornings easier.”
Another thing Susan knew.
Another thing my husband hadn’t told me.
I waited until the last guest walked out and closed the door behind them.
Then I turned to Nathan.
“Three weeks?”
“Natalie…”
“You knew for three weeks that you were leaving. You knew Susan was going with you. She’s apparently going to live in the same building as you, and somehow she knows your habits better than I do.”
“Nothing is happening between me and Susan.”
“Then why does she know more about your life than your wife does?”
“Because I knew you’d react exactly like this.”
I laughed.
“Like what? Like a wife who just found out her husband is moving to another city with a beautiful woman from work?”
“I’m not moving in with Susan.”
“Oh, good. She’s just going to be living down the hall.”
Nathan opened his mouth to answer.
His phone lit up on the table.
Susan.
I looked at him.
“Perfect timing.”
“Natalie, don’t…”
But the message preview was already glowing on the screen.
I read the first line.
“Bennett approved the six-month extension. Are you seriously still telling Natalie it’s only three?”
I looked up at Nathan.
“What?! Why didn’t you tell me this too?!”
His face went pale.
“It’s not six months yet.”
I picked up his phone before he could reach it.
