BREAKING POINT

ture hall. The door slammed behind her in the sudden draught startling her out of a day dream. She walked into the sitting room and viewed the unlit fire, shi

coal. She spread out her hands to the little blaze and tried to recapture the feeling of happiness —the glow she had felt when she was with Je

we can't get all the coal we want th

s save those connected

alone, doubts, worries, panic crowded into her mind destroying all the force

rested her head agains

she whispered. "if o

h as you say you do, you would

ng affairs; nor could she excuse her reluctance to do as Jeremy wished because she had relations, friends who might

home was the pride of Penny's life and usually a quick glance around it would give her a steady glow of satisfaction. But not today. Ever since s

herself, studying the soft peach colored

g her into a cloud of depression. Nothing could destroy it. No one could remo

force in a few months time and had no civilian job to go to. His father had offered him a job in his comp

remained —did he love you enough to give up his much prized freedom for her? Was that the reason he did not ask

ney as an artist doing illustrations for children's books. She could well afford to keep herself and pay the rent of this small flat with a lit

m. She stared at her phone. She wanted to call him. She wanted to hear Je

d sensed a faint withdrawal in his tone. She had become too sensitive lately to every remark he made, so over eage

self. "I have got to snap out of this or som

r on her table. She picked up a manuscript and read it through without understanding what she read. Her mind w

ing!" he had said. "its far too

ed any longer with a long good night embrace, snatched han

and the instant spark of attraction that had flared between them the momen

at instinctive curling up inside herself at the sound of it. To Penny, sex and love between men and women were bea

f, bitter sweet time with her husband, Howard Hampson. They had gotten married early. She had b

e... Until Howard died in a