Lila didn’t begrudge them their memberships to the club, having spent much of her early days treading those same hallowed grounds. In fact, had she never left Bentley, she would probably be teeing off with the Ladies Junior Golf League every Wednesday morning while her offspring learned to doggy paddle in the kiddie pool. What Lila did envy were their spouses and children. She longed for similar domestic bliss. After all, she had worked at least as hard as they had and what did she have to show for it? A twenty-two hundred dollar a month rent payment on an apartment that she didn’t own and a five year old Mitsubishi, no husband, no babies, not even a pet.
Three decades had come and gone and Lila finally realized that what she really wanted was the life she grew up with. She didn’t need an academy award. She didn’t even need a Pulitzer. She just wanted to have someone to love and someone who would love her back. Was that too much to ask?
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