KING'S BAY MALL
"I'm not working for that company
anymore, that's all," Diane says casually.
"Ah." Sarah hesitates, unsure whether
she should pursue this any further, but she can tell that there is something
Diane is withholding. "Are you sure that's all? Is everything okay?"
"Everything's fine." The response
is clipped and snappish, and it gives Sarah pause.
"So," she says, trying to move gracefully
away from whatever it was that appeared to set Diane off, "are you settling
back here?"
"Maybe. Now that I've got Samantha,
who knows? I figure I might as well stick around until this custody thing
is resolved for real, and that could be a couple months. Plus I've got
a guy I'm sorta seeing ..." Diane spots the opening for a shift in the
conversation and leaps on it. "Hey, how'd it go the other night with your
husband?"
The change in Sarah's mood is very
visible. "Oh, just wonderfully. He tried to force divorce papers on me."
"Did you sign 'em?"
"No! He's not getting off the hook
that easily. And then, to top it all off, my sister showed up. I completely
blew up at both of them."
Diane's lips twist into a smirk.
She is clearly relishing the story. "Good for you."
"Not only that," Sarah says, encouraged
by Diane's reaction, "but I got so fed up with Molly that I shoved her
into the bay."
"Whoa!" Diane's eyes grow a little
wider.
"She deserved it."
"Well, if she's moving in on your
husband, then maybe she did. I remember the way she jerked
Brian around
for months ..." Suddenly Diane gets a little quieter.
"Yeah, causing people grief seems
to be at the top of her agenda these days--" Though she would gladly continue,
the ringing of her cell phone interrupts her.
"Hello?" she answers. She listens
to the voice on the other end and the vengeful delight begins to fade from
her smile. "Yeah, sure. That sounds ... really nice. What time? ... All
right, yeah. I'll see you then, if I don't talk to you before."
She hangs up the phone, looking quite
satisfied.
"What was that?" Diane asks, her
interest captured once again.
"Matt," she says, then adds hastily,
"Victoria's father.
He wanted to know if I'd like to spend Christmas at
his place."
"You said yes, I presume."
"Yeah, of course."
"So ... Is there something going
on with the two of you now?"
"Nah." Sarah shakes her head quickly
but then pauses. "I don't know. I mean, we're bonded because of our daughter.
It'll be good for her to spend Christmas with both of us."
"Mm-hmm," Diane nods knowingly.
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