Radio Mirror: The Magazine of Radio Romances (Jan-June 1945)

Say That You Love Me! Continued from page 27 • stop them — well, every proud mother did a little exaggerating about her child, I was sure! Several times he looked over at me and one corner of his mouth twitched — it was "the old signal that there was some kind of a joke to be shared, and it had always meant that pretty soon he would get me off into a corner and tell me what it was. But it couldn't mean that now, of course; this was his home, and Gloria was his wife. There was no joke that he and I could share about any of these things! But when the others trooped upstairs after dinner to be shown Maureen, I found myself lingering behind in the dining room with Roy, and I couldn't control the hurtful nutter in my throat. "How are you, Ronnie?" he asked almost eagerly. "It's good to see you again." "Fine, Roy. I love your house." He smiled down at me. "Gloria went to a lot of trouble over it," he said. "It's kind of fancy, for me, but she likes it this way." I started determinedly up the stairs. "She seems very happy," I said over my shoulder. Roy caught my hand for an instant. "Does she? Ronnie, will you come and see us — see her — again? I'm not so sure. ..." THERE was a sound in his voice that took me back to that last time I had pulled my hand away from him, the night when he had come back to Bentonville — come straight to me, with trouble and perplexity in his face. I realized it suddenly, now, although I hadn't realized it then. . . . Roy had been in trouble that night; he had come to me for help. And I, wrapped up in myself, had snatched my hand away and turned my back. What was his trouble? What had he wanted to talk over with me? Now I could never know; for Gloria was his wife, it was she with whom he had to share his troubles and his triumphs. Gently, this time, but firmly, I withdrew my hand. I knew, after that night, that I couldn't trust myself quite as much as I had hoped. It hurt too much to see Roy, and yet not see him. He wasn't my Roy, when he was with Gloria — his shoulders seemed always to have that faint droop, and his face wore a strange half-smile that seemed to me to be a permanent defense against showing hurt. And he must have been hurt, often and deeply, because right about then Gloria started losing interest in Maureen. It was inevitable. Maureen was not a strong child, and Gloria's pulling her about and prodding her on to do things she wasn't ready for had certainly, upset her nervous system. So very soon she was too peevish and nervous to be any fun, and Gloria left her more and more in the care of a clumsy "daily help" who knew nothing about children — left her even for whole week-ends, while she went in to Chicago to replenish her wardrobe. It needed replenishing because she had begun to give her evening parties again. There was a difference, this time. Roy's work took him away from home with increasing frequency, so the parties seldom included him. 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