Around the World in 80 Dates
Chapter One
This Time Last Year
Settling into a steady rhythm of drinking,
crying, drinking, crying, I became aware of the
music for the first time: "Stand by your man,
give him two arms to cling to ..." I glared at
the radio: I've always hated that song. My
feeling was that if the only way a man could
remain standing upright was by leaning heavily
on you, surely it was best just to let him fall
right on over. But since today was the day I'd
discovered Kelly had been cheating on me for
pretty much the five years we'd been together, I
let out a long, ragged sigh, too exhausted to
cry anymore. It was also the day I had to accept
that maybe there's a little bit of Tammy in us
all. I really loved Kelly. Which was surprising
because he actually wasn't that lovable. He was
very sexy-one of those dark, br ... read full excerpt from Around the World in 80 Dates ebook
