~ Joan~

“It was fun, Jo. You should have seen,” Rhoda gushed over her mug of coffee. I gave an absent-minded nod as I lifted mine to my lips, the warmth doing little to ease my tangled thoughts.

She'd returned last night. I'd pretended to be asleep to avoid facing her. Truthfully, I couldn't sleep at all.

“He's really cute,” she muttered, her eyes lighting up with that glint they always had when she found someone or something particularly fascinating.

“Saunter off ...