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It was probably meant as a joke, but maybe not. The women all laughed while Alice sat fuming. Her first instinct was to stand up and just walk away, but she knew that would be too suspicious. Instead, she stayed put right where she was.
“Why would you think that, Maureen?”
Maureen blinked at her with a half smile. “Well, isn’t it obvious? Any woman who isn’t at least thinking about marriage at this point is probably, well… Into something other than men. She has to be interested in women.”
Darlene smiled. “Sorry honey, but she’s right. I don’t know of a single woman who waits this long when they’re interested in men like that.” She said with a smirk and an unspoken accusation.
Alice knew they were right, of course, but she bit her lip and hid behind her drink. She’d been with her longtime partner, Jenna, for the last three years.
They had just recently moved in together, sharing a small flat that was barely big enough for the two of them, but they made due.
Jenna was confident, beautiful, and most of all, supportive.
Neither of them led glamorous lives, and frankly there wasn’t a chance that they would.
Though she wasn’t sure what the future held for their relationship, Alice was happy right now with Jenna and didn’t plan to change that.
Creeping feelings worried her that it might be a one-sided sentiment, but she tried her best to ignore that thought.
Despite her emotions however, being taunted by her sister and her obnoxious friends was the last thing that she needed to put up with.
Alice calmly set her drink on the table and let her eyes go around the group. “What I do in my personal time, or who I spend it with, is frankly none of your fucking business.” She turned her ire toward her sister. “Who I chose to be with shouldn’t even be a real concern of yours, Maureen. To hear mom tell it, you have enough problems of your own.”
Maureen’s mouth fell open. Alice could almost see smoke coming out of her ears. “Is that the real reason you invited me to this stupid party? So you could call me out in front of all your cunty friends and show them how superior you are to your poor little sister?”
“Cunty friends?” Bailey said. “Well, I never…”
“Oh, I bet you have,” Alice said. “I bet all of you have.”
“Really, Maureen, are you going to allow her to speak to us that way?”
Maureen felt all eyes on her. As she had since they were children, when Maureen grew uncomfortable, she lashed out. “So you’re admitting it then? You like women? You’re gay?”
“The term is lesbian,” Alice said with a sigh.
“What respectable woman does things like that? You obviously can’t have a future wit
h ideas like that floating around in your head! Oh my God, do mother and father know?”
Alice blinked at her sister, and placed her hand on her chest mockingly. “Oh, so marrying a man just for his money is the respectable thing to do?” Alice looked around the table. “Be careful ladies, when you’re old and worn out, they’ll toss you aside for a newer model! That’s what’s happening with Maureen!”
My now, the table of bickering women had attracted everyone’s attention. The party attendees began to murmur and point. Then Maureen’s husband Lawrence (don’t ever call him Larry) came forward to stand behind his wife.
He said, “Alice! Now that’s enough! We invited you because you’re family, not so that anyone could embarrass you. For Heaven’s sake, you’re doing a fine job of that all by yourself.”
“Lawrence, it’s obvious you’re deflecting all of this unwanted attention on me because other people have heard the truth. You know Maureen is only with you because of your money, and we all know that you’re banging your secretary!”
A collective gasp went across the room.
Lawrence’s face turned a deep crimson. “Now, hold on just a minute-“
Alice ignored the tears streaming down her sister’s face. She had been holding this in for too long. She may never get another chance to speak her mind like this.
“Yours is the saddest kind of relationship I’ve ever seen! And you have the audacity to judge me for who I choose to love?”
“Darling, it’s really unbecoming of you to try and sabotage your sister’s party with all this nonsense,” the woman named Darlene said. “You have no right to judge anyone.”
“You’re right. I really should leave all judging and condescension to you people. You’re so much better at it.”
