CHAPTER 2
Alexandria Eames-Davenport turned off the TV as New York A.M. went off the air and looked over at her husband Andy. Andy had stopped eating and was looking at Alex, waiting for her to say something. Finally, Andy asked, "Do you think he knows Sarah's back in town? Bobby wouldn't be watching New York A.M. would he?"
Alex looked at the clock on the microwave, 7:45. Shaking her head, "No, Bobby's been in the office by 7:00 the last few months. Whether he knows if Sarah's back or not, I don't know. He hasn't said anything. I'm not sure he would. I guess it's about time for me to go and find out, though."
Alex leaned over to kiss her husband goodbye. She still marveled at how she came to be married again at all. Meeting Andy on a blind date and Their oft-disrupted relationship had flourished with the additional time they were able to spend together. Within six months, they had married. They both had discussed how the events that Jessica Andrews had alluded to played a role in what prompted the change in them. Consciously or not, they had realized how the course of your life could change in a heartbeat. As Don Henley wrote, all it takes is "a New York Minute".
"Be safe. Call me later, if you find out anything more about…." Andy pointed to the now silenced TV.
"I will. To both, about staying safe and calling you when I find out what's going on. Walk me to the door?"
Andy got up, put his arm around Alex's shoulder, and headed towards the door. Upon reaching the door, Andy grabbed both of Alex's hands in his and kissed her again, and then pulled her tight to him and kissed her again. He smelled the fragrance of her shampoo and knew he'd think back on this moment many times today.
Softly he said, "If we have to we can see Bobby through this again… but I'd rather not have to."
"Yeah, I'm with you on that. If only he could…" With a sigh Alex opened the door and looked back at her husband, "You be safe too."
If… Alex thought. No, if Bobby didn't know that Sarah was going to be in town and were to accidentally find out, she really didn't know what it would take for Bobby to keep it together. She worried that maybe this time he wouldn't be able find the resolve.
For a couple of weeks after she and he had returned from Los Angeles Bobby had seemed his old self. It seemed as if Sarah and Bobby had made some tentative steps towards reconciliation during their brief time in Los Angeles. Then slowly, Alex saw Bobby drifting again, he became distracted and irritable – it was just like when Sarah had first left New York. She wrote that off to time and distance, Sarah and Bobby didn't seem to do well apart. She had been trying to think of a way to broach the topic, but hadn't come up with the way yet. Or the nerve.