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"Except we both know what our religious beliefs are
and how divorce is not an acceptable option,
especially to his family. Besides, I can't imagine
Gisselle being cooperative, can you?"
"Hardly," Paul said.
"Just the opposite would happen. She would
feed on the scandal. She would help write the
headline: One Twin Steals the Other's Husband. You
can just imagine what it would do to Beau and his
family in New Orleans, and . . . it wouldn't be fair to
you, Paul. These people here . ."
"Really?" he said with a smirk.
"Paul, please. I feel dreadful about this. There's
no one I want to hurt less than you."
He looked away so I wouldn't see the tears and
anger in his face. "It's nothing I haven't brought on
myself," he muttered. "Mother said it would happen
eventually." He was silent.
"Don't just sit there like that, Paul. Scream at
me. Throw me out."
He turned slowly. The pain in his face was like
a sword in my heart. "You know I won't do that,
Ruby. I can't stop myself from loving you."
"I know," I said sadly. "I wish you didn't. I wish
you could hate me," I said.
He smiled. "You might as well wish for the
earth to stop spinning, the sun to stop coming up in
the morning and going down at night."
We gazed at each other and I thought how cruel
it was for Fate to cause him to have such unrequited
