第3章

Carrie was sitting in the living room,panties still balled up in her fist,when she heard Cash’s truck pull into the gravel driveway.Five thirty-five,right on schedule.If he was havingan affair,she didn’t know when he was managing to meet the other woman.He left for work a half hour before he needed to clock in,and it took twenty minutes on the interstate to get tothe power plant.He got off at five,and was home roughly a half-hour later,depending on traffic.The only times she didn’t know what he was doing or who he was with were when she had class in the evenings.Then she assumed he was at home alonewatching television.

Apparently,she’d been wrong.

She heard his key in the lock,then the door opened.Carrie stood and turned towards the hallway,one hand planted on her hip,waiting.She’d been waiting all damn day,it seemed,and the longer she stewed about the unfamiliar underwear,the angrier she grew.As the saying went,the shit was about to get real.

“I’m home!”Cash called out.