Whiskey Road
A Love Story
One
Caleb's thinking about what he's going to do tonight. He's been keeping a low profile for the past four days. To avoid trouble. But it's Thursday, the beginning of his weekend, and he doesn't want to spend the evening alone.
Since his wife left six months ago, he's been suffering through a lot of lonely evenings. Weekends are the worst. He hates the way people look at him when he enters places alone. Lately, he's noticed an eerie silence blankets the rooms he walks into. This silence hounds him in Frenchman's Bend, where he lives, and it's the reason he comes one town over to Wheeler's Coffee Shop in Darby. At Wheeler's people understand a twenty-nine-year-old man makes mistakes and is bound to face heartache because of them.
For the past three weeks Caleb's been meeting a married woman at her house a little over a mile from the coffee shop. Emma is sixteen years older than he is. She's small and beautiful, paints pretty pictures and sells antiques for a living. When her husband's at work she helps Caleb get through a lot of lonely afternoons. Most evenings are spent ... read full excerpt from Whiskey Road: A Love Story ebook
