All the pain from the past came back and swamped me. I didn’t want to see her as someone who deserved my kindness. But anything that happened between Olivia and me had nothing to do with Becca. I couldn’t blame the child for her mother’s behavior before she was born.
But it didn’t mean I was going to look the other way and all of a sudden be best friends with her again either.
“Becca’s a good kid,” I told her. “I enjoyed meeting her.”
Olivia nodded, then turned to Abby. “Thank you for calling me. I was starting to get frantic.”
“No problem. I had no idea you had kids. I’m glad you guys will all be able to come to girls’ night on Tuesday.”
Olivia glanced back at me again, having the decency to blush. “Yeah. I don’t know if that’s a good idea.”
Abby waved away her concerns, not knowing why Olivia was hesitating. “Don’t be silly. We all love kids. Everyone will be great with having them there.”
“Mommy,” Becca tugged on her arm. “Will I get to see Tara again?”
“Oh, that’s perfect,” Abby gushed. She knelt in front of Becca. “Yes, you will. Every Tuesday night your mommy is going to go out with us, and you and your brother are going to come too. Tara will be there.”
Becca smiled up at me, her big blue eyes shining. “Will you sit with me, Tara?”
How could I say no to her? “Of course, Becca.”
Olivia caught my eye and mouthed, ‘Thank you.’
I nodded and wondered how in the world I was going to pretend to get along with the woman I used to know as well as I knew myself. The woman I saw having a double wedding with. The woman who was the sister I never had. The woman who made high school bearable for me, until she ruined my life.
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Mary E. Thompson grew up loving to read. As a child, she hid under the covers with a flashlight and convinced herself her parents didn’t know she was up. As an adult, she no longer needs a flashlight, but now she’s hiding from her kids instead of her parents.
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