The Bride
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