ie!

s but was instead tackled t

the brunette with hazel eyes. Angel and I have been inseparable ever since Kindergardenth, but I met Rika in Ms. Stonewall’s ballet

media connection as ‘keeping in touch’. We hadn’t been able to meet up and have lunches or dinners or even g

em to my sides. “How di

cing each other. “Lydia had given us a heads up this morning that you’ll be coming, but we

ooked uncomfortable saying it. “It’s alright Angie; I already know nobody’s thr

o arrange your marriage to Jordan without even asking you ho

light squeeze, changing the same old subject. “Tell me what you guys have been up to! I’m so sorry I

smile. “But we hadn’t seen you for seven years and I guess we thought it was tim

ut you pay us in full this time. We demand to have lun

inked in surprise. “That

wards the door. “And the food there is sure to mak

lled out to Lydia and waved her goodbye

e door to the studio closed shut behind us and we were rushin

e told me sympathetically. “To avoi

n’t get why the whole town jumped onboard

catch on instead? This town hasn’t changed one bit in the past seven years an

nd hopped onto the car with Angie r

diner after I had parked my car outside, the entire diner fell silent. Literally

. I could see Mr. Joseph, our neighbour at the back with his stake and mashed potatoes just like he used to have back when I was in high school. I could se

d the cash register. There were others too, new faces that looked at the three of us with curi

xt to my ears. “You just

spered back. “That certainly do

d led me to an empty cubicle. “They have no bus

to doing what they were doing before I walked in and the low hum of conversation started filling in the void created by the awk

her chin and gave me a wide grin. “A little birdie told

at them in surprise. “Damn

informed. Just look at you! Working for Barry and Joseph’s Ballet

dream. Even Rika has a job at a Ballet company in Dover to teach high school

ell. “You still haven’t moved ye? Did you tell me you were

f the schools had looked into my application and called to confirm

ie.” I told her as Ruth nodded. “Rut

as new to town and to all the juicy gossip surrounding me. We placed our orders and waited while our food got

ately wanted to ask but I didn’t have the courage to. Or rather,

r the longest time and they would understand why I was asking th

to my friends but when the bell rang over the front door to the di

McCarthy, with a toddler in one hand and a five or six year old in the other and

she was followed close behind by Jordan’s mother. The same Jordan who was once supposed to become my husband th

from it. And the person who had married Jordan had