Married to a retired play boy
t night. Despite how Carolyn calmed her down on her way home, she
ncing angrily beneath her. Her room, though not extravagant, wasn't cram
n. Darryl must have hid the purse from her when they were together in the room
with other girls, but he shouldn't try her. She would never entertain him or his childish actions
d carelessly on the nightstand, buzzed with an incom
pected to call her. With a sigh, Vanessa propped herself up against the pillows, t
om, how are you?" Her voice lacked its warmth, still r
her replied, oblivious to the und
did you call me today...?" she began, "since you stopped calling be
cut in, completely missing Vanessa's skeptic
she wasn't interested in getting married, but her mother wouldn't listen to her
told you countless times, I'm not getting married, not now, not
e shelf above her desk seemed to mock her, a
tch you waste your life over feminism," her mo
y if her mom knew what had happened to her, what had transpired bet
?" she asked, her voice dropping to a wounded whisper.
her mother insisted, "and getting married and sta
roblems. Even if she wanted a family, her own family wasn't encouraging at all. The awkward relatio
e desperate about starting a family or marriage," she said firmly, her voice laced
our mother," her mother's voice boo
daughter to get married instead of forcing the burd
r started, but Vanessa
" Vanessa interjected, taking the p
e immense distance that had grown between them. She tossed the phone back onto the nightstan
burden with. Carolyn was the only one she could talk
nder to sleep, the only solution to her problems. Just then,
t the screen to identify the caller. Seeing it was Carolyn, her best friend,
ke care of?" Vanessa teased her
h the receiver. "My husband can handl
e honor?" Vanessa
your date," she began, "Have you don
time, and I'm not
replied, trying to make Vanes
lt. "Yes, Carolyn, Darryl Peter
emphasized, "or should I
, surprise jolting her awake.
itive," Carolyn
with Darryl resurfacing. "No wonder he had the nerve t
olyn murmured
g, "if he thinks he's some kind of hotshot
erjected calmly. "Vanessa, honey, slow down. Jus
layfully. "Alrigh
I'm not as tough as she is,"
closer every day,
thoughts of revenge, fueled by the revelation about Darryl. As she drifted off to a restless sl