The Ex Files
A Novel About Four Women and Faith
Chapter OneSheridan Hart
"I think Daddy has a new lover."
Sheridan stopped moving; the coffeepot she held frozen in midair.
"Mom!"
Only then did Sheridan feel the heat of the coffee spilling over, onto her hand. "Ouch." She snatched her hand away and grabbed a paper towel. But as she patted the spillage spreading over the counter, her thoughts were on her daughter. "What did you say?"
Tori shrugged. "I think Daddy has a new lover. Don't worry, Mom," she admonished. "He hasn't introduced me to him. It's just that Dad's been a bit different. Kinda happy."
The world had certainly changed. Here she was talking to her thirteen-year-old daughter about her father's male lovers. It had been more than three years since Quentin had declared his love for a man. Still, Sheridan couldn't find a way to call that part of her life normal.
Sheridan could feel her daughter's eyes, waiting for her reaction. The silence was interrupted by a car horn.
"They're here." Tori jumped up from the dining table and Sheridan exhale ... read full excerpt from The Ex Files ebook
