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A New Direction Chapter One: Trouble in Paradise
Winter vacation on the slopes with the family hits a few bumps
Tony banged on the bathroom door as I emptied my stomach for the third time.
“Are you okay?” he asked.
“Go away!” I yelled as I kneeled over the toilet. “I don’t want to talk to you!”
“We can talk about this,” Tony said, banging on the door again and trying to turn the handle. “You know I can break the door down.”
Tony was my husband, and he had been a firefighter in his prime. Now he was a decorated and respected investigator.
“Do you want me to break the door?”
I wiped my mouth and stood up. “I am coming out,” I nodded. I washed my mouth and opened the door pushing past Tony’s sizeable muscular frame.
“All I want to do is talk,” Tony said as he sat on the bed.
“I need to drink,” I replied as I walked into the living room.
“They overcharge for….” Before I opened one of the tiny liquor bottles in the hotel’s small refrigerator, Tony started to say.
“Go ahead, talk,” I said as I picked up another.
We were in the mountains. This hotel was our favorite spot to get away, especially for…
