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“Well, is there a way you can let your sister down easy? I mean, I know she loves her best friend and everything but... I guess you don’t have a dog anymore.”
“No.”
Bruno had come back, just as feeble as ever, and had passed away two days later. He hadn’t had the heart to get another dog. He just wasn’t ready.
Or maybe he was too busy. He definitely didn’t have time for a puppy. That was a lot of work, and he was gone sometimes fourteen or sixteen or more hours during the day in the summer. In the winter, he could probably swing it, but he just wasn’t sure if he wanted to do that again. He...was getting older.
“So are you going to say yes to her?”
“No. I know Stacy is her best friend, but I just can’t let her come back. I haven’t figured out how I’m going to tell Paulette though. She was pretty adamant, and she’s right. I am not using the two extra rooms upstairs.”
“Your nieces aren’t coming back at all this summer?”
“Paulette says they’re not. She ought to know, since she’s their mom. Apparently they reconciled with their father.”
“That’s nice. She spent all the time and money to raise them, then they grow up, and all they want is their dad.”
Her voice held a little bit of bitterness. That had happened to Pam. Her husband hadn’t wanted to have anything to do with her kids while they were growing up, but after they were out of the house and were successful on their own, he’d walked back into their lives. Pam thought it was because they could offer him prestige. He could show them off and tell everyone what wonderful children he had, when he hadn’t had anything to do with the way they turned out, other than dumping them on her.
He couldn’t blame Pam for being bitter, but he knew she was working through it. Trying to not hold that against him.
It was amazing that some people were able to get along with their exes. Have good relationships, even be friends.
That would never happen with him. And he doubted it would happen with Pam either. Maybe that made them bad people.
He wasn’t solving any problems, but at least sitting with Pam made him feel better. She had an insurmountable problem, and so did he. If nothing else, they could commiserate and support each other. Even if they didn’t figure out any solutions.
Chapter 3
“This food is delicious,” Pam said as she sat at the diner, talking to her friend, Eleanor.
They had a standing lunch date once a month, on the first Saturday of the month.
“It’s Griff’s special this week. I’ve had it once already, and I couldn’t wait to come back and have it again. I hope they add it to the menu permanently.” Eleanor held a forkful in midair before she closed her eyes and put it in her mouth.
“Griff sure knows how to cook.”
