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Wait. Is That a Bird on Your Head?
Genevieve is a decisive woman who doesn’t have time for the timid. But she’s been married to Gerard, a most timid soul, for fifteen years. How?
At the start of the pandemic, Genevieve determined that each morning would begin with three brisk circuits of the pond. Gerard dutifully rose at 7 am, had a cup of black coffee — he’d have liked cream but, well — and joined his darling who strode ahead, never glancing over.
Gerard adored his Genevieve. Did she adore Gerard? He was confident that she did regardless of her lack of affectionate gestures or the whispers of their “friends”. They had many such friends who gossiped and backstabbed and knew without thinking which fork to use for which course at the finest restaurants.
To a person, these so-called friends were absolutely convinced that Genevieve — or The White Witch of Narnia behind her back— was going to instigate an affair with one of them. There had even been an office pool some years back. It’s long been abandoned.
Because Genevieve does adore her timid, fearsomely intelligent Gerard. Is she impatient with his dithering? Absolutely. But she’d be lost without him.
By July, as the numbers of infections fell and stayed fallen, Genevieve upped the morning trips to six. Then in September to…
