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Corianne drew a large red “X” on yesterday Making it twenty-two months, teeks, six days and twelve hours since she and Dexter last had sex She watched Kyla and Sean a few o at their reception, and for the first time she envied her older sister
Kyla was defiant and h Corianne constantly teased her about settling down, she secretly wanted what Kyla had Kyla had a lover and no one to co incredible sex While Corianne had a husband, a home and some day a baby She was happy, at least that’s what she told herself
To everyone who knew her, Corianne was living a fairytale life But the reality was she was living a nighted for someone to call her beautiful, wrap her in his arms and sweep her off her feet, just like she read in all the romance novels stacked in her closet She wanted someone to kiss her the way Sean kissed Kyla It was clear to everyone at their wedding and reception how much they loved each other
When Corianne looked at Kyla, she was jealous Now Kyla had the perfect life co husband, who made her a priority And from the looks of the way they moved on the dance floor and the way he kissed her, he was doing a good job at keeping her satisfied in the bedroohed, twenty-two er could she hold out?
Every ht, she showered and got all dolled up after dinner, hoping tonight would be the end of the sex drought And every night, the sa Dexter would review files for the next day, reply to some emails, shower, peck her on the forehead and less than ten
She wasn’t sure how this happened, but she knew the date because that was the anniversary of their first date She told herself, not every s so she cut him a little slack That was until Sean said he re she earing At the end of his toast, Corianne felt even sadder She knew if she wentand the police asked Dexter to describe what she earing, he’d probably say soreen I’m pretty sure it was a dress, I think” But here’s her sister, the fa, reformed alcoholic Christian husband, who reo
Today was just like every other day Cori made breakfast and they sat in quiet Once Dexter finished, he kissed her on the forehead and left She loaded the dishes into the dishwasher and sat on the terrace staring If she was frustrated, Dexter had to be bouncing off the walls, or he was getting his needs met elsewhere
“Maybe Dexter has a lover or er, Melissa No, she’s not his type I bet it’s that young blond intern he was ist he introduced me to at last year’s hospital Christmas party“ She sipped some coffee “Typical successful black man They always do that Once they become successful, they always trade chocolate for vanilla”
That’s what she was, last year’s flavor Cori realized noDexter, it wouldn’t help, because he no longer liked chocolate, but vanilla, or so her, it felt as if God was also ignoring her She resolved herself to take matters into her own hands
She picked up her phone and pressed Dexter’s number and waited for the voice mail to kick in
“Hello”In spite of how angry she ith hiht amount of calm in the tone and delivery of every word