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automatically jump to conclusions about his whereabouts. If he said he was at a meeting, then he was at a meeting. She sat behind the wheel of her car and her hands trembled from the wrenching feeling in her gut.
    She decided to swing by Tasha’s office to share the lunch that she had packed for her husband.
    “Well, it’s his loss. This chicken salad is to die for. You are such a good cook. I’m going to have to go to the gym just to work it off.”
    “Oh, you are just being nice. So, Richard is taking the girls to New Hampshire this weekend? Is there a special reason?”
    “Yeah! Richard has been seeing this girlfriend for a while now. He wants Ashlee to like her because he plans on asking her to marry him.”
    “Wow! And you are alright with this?”
    “Totally! Why wouldn’t I be? He deserves to be happy. We truly are best friends. If he’s happy, then so am I. I’ve met her a few times, her name is Rochelle. She seems nice. It took her a while to realize that Richard and I are truly just friends, but now she seems to be a fit to our little family unit.”
    “You are amazing, Tasha. I don’t know if I could ever do that.” Rebecca laughed despite her sinking feeling.
    “So, since you are child-free, how about a girl’s night? Let’s go to dinner and have a few drinks somewhere.”
    “I was going to ask Jack if he wanted to go out. Maybe it is just what we need to get things back on track again.”
    “Alright, but I think you are wasting your time. If you change your mind, you know where to find me.”
    At four in the afternoon, Jack called Rebecca on her cell phone. His voice came off as very robotic and matter-of-fact.
    “Yeah, Dana told me that you stopped by earlier. Are the kids alright?”
    “Um. yeah, I just packed a lunch and was going to surprise you.” The line went quiet.
    “Oh!”
    She didn’t know how she expected him to respond, but that was definitely not it. She felt let down.
    “I had a meeting with a new supplier for the shop.”
    “Yeah, Dana already said that.”
    “OK, well if there is nothing else, then I’ll talk to you later. I might be late tonight. I have a few cars that need to be done so I can get paid. It’s the end of the week. I have to make payroll.”
    “Oh!” she tried to hide her disappointment. “I guess I’ll see you later then.” She hung up the phone and swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat.
    She fell back in her chair and stared up at the ceiling. She was mad and hurt. She wanted to scream. She called Tasha.
    “I’m in. Let’s go out.”
    “Yay! Girl’s night, shall we call prego and ask if she’d like to come? She can drive us since she can’t drink.”
    “Sure, I’ll call her right now.” They hung up the phone and Rebecca dialed Emily.
    “Hey sweetie, are you up for going to dinner tonight? Tasha and I are kid-free, so if you can get a sitter for Andrew…”
    “Oh my god, yes. I’ll have my neighbor sit with him. She’s seventeen and could use the money. I’ll pick you up at, like, seven?”
    “See you then.” They hung up the phone.
    She went to her closet and looked around. Most of her items consisted of “mom clothes” as Riley often commented. They were all jeans and t-shirts or yoga pants. She dug through until she found her charcoal Kensie cowlneck sweater dress that sat above her knees. It showed off her long, lean legs and her slender figure. She ran a straightener through her long, dark tresses to smooth them out and applied some make-up. When she was through, she looked at herself in the mirror. She hadn’t allowed herself to dress up in a long time. She had fallen into a slump where she hadn’t cared what she looked like.
    She was applying some lipstick when she heard a horn honk outside. She put on a pair of knee-high black boots and her leather jacket and grabbed her pocket book as she ran down to the door. She locked up the house and got into Emily’s car.
    “Wow, Rebecca, I can’t remember the