My face flushed, I slammed the front door behind me. “Going to take off running now? Huh? That’s what you do when it gets tough, isn’t it?” I knew my anger was misplaced, but I couldn’t stop my tirade. “Why don’t you run over to Caroline’s so you can tell her everything that’s going on instead of staying here and talking to me? Maybe we can invite her into our bed, since she knows everything going on between us.” Jake winced. I’d refused to answer Beth’s questions while Jake was in the bathroom at lunch, but Beth shrugged and said that it didn’t matter. Jake would tell Caroline, and Caroline would tell her. My blood boiled knowing that our problems were up for discussion. I’d always been envious of Caroline’s relationship with Jake. She knew everything about him and he nearly always went to her when he needed advice. He came to me, but sometimes not until he had his answers and I was learning the outcome.
