As much as it had initially shocked and surprised her that he had hooked up with D again, the more she had gotten used to the thought, the more excited she actually felt that there might, after all, be some sort of happy ending. Only that Joe’s face and somewhat strange behavior today gave reason fo
Jack usually was anything but shy, but in this particular constellation Joe was skeptical that Jack would ever work up the courage to make a move. It would probably require some form of encouragement or at least a little sign from Sarah. And Sarah (just like Danny) wasn’t exactly carrying her heart
D pulled the front door closed behind herself, parked her luggage under the coat rack in the entry way, dropped her purse on the dining table and hurried to the bathroom, the most important thing after a long drive like this. A few minutes later she wandered from the bathroom to the living room a l
On the other end, Mom laughed. “He is!” D insisted while she scratched her left eyebrow and tried to decide if she wanted to kill the subject or talk about it. “He was there,” she finally said in response to a question that hadn’t even been said out loud yet. Maybe talking to Mom was just what she
Monday turned out to be a busy and crazy day at work. D didn’t get off until six, and when she did, she still had a list of errands to run on her way home. First she stopped by the home appliances store. The fridge she wanted was in stock. She paid for it and arranged for a delivery early Wednesda
Before her inner eye she visualized this little rift that had been created Saturday on the lake and had since grown into this big gap that kept growing wider and deeper with every hour that passed, and that would probably soon be impossible to bridge. Exhaling tensely, she threw back the covers and
“…deal with me in addition.” “I didn’t say that…” “Okay. But that’s what it comes down to?” She was struggling to keep her voice steady when nothing about her felt steady anymore. “Why don’t you just concentrate on Liz then? I really don’t need you to–“ “Danny, stop it!” He cut her off. “Please.
On Wednesday Joe walked the fifteen minutes to the restaurant where he was supposed to meet Steve. It was a foggy day, but the air felt good. He arrived at the restaurant a few minutes early, but Steve was already there. “I’m surprised you’re already here?” Joe said as he sat down. “On the radio t