Single and lonely, Meredith Tanner has spent her life caring for others, while at the same time resenting it. Irritated when a former classmate contacts her asking for help planning their twenty-year reunion, Meredith gives in when she discovers the classmate is the girl she once had a crush on. Back in school Jennifer Stockton was popular and confident, everything Meredith wasn’t. Twenty years and life in another city haven’t changed Meredith much. Even though she has worked as a nurse for many years, she still feels inadequate and puts her own needs last in order to make others like her. Maybe this time things will be different. Excited by the chance to work with fabulous Jen, Meredith throws herself into the reunion project, and she and Jen have a great time reconnecting online. When Jen drops a hint about a previous partner, Meredith is optimistic. But everything changes when Meredith suggests video chat. Puzzled by Jen’s refusal, Meredith gets frustrated when Jen not only evades all attempts of a virtual meeting, but backs off completely. At the reunion, she’s shocked to find out just how much Jen has changed and abandons all hope of rekindling old feelings. But something unexpected happens that shakes both women to the core. Is it too late for Meredith to reevaluate her opinion? Even if she manages to, does Jen want her to revive their twenty-year-old crush?

#TwentyYearReunion

What do you think about having a raffle or door prize for a trip or something exciting? In case we can’t grant everyone’s wishes. Then there’s still something for everyone to look forward to.


I like that. As a matter of fact, my mom does a lot of traveling. She might know how to access some travel discounts. Meredith should give her a call anyway. They hadn’t talked for a while and even though her mom probably didn’t care, she should probably be made aware of Dad’s declining condition.And let her know that she’d be out of town herself for a long weekend. Let her field the calls for a change.


Great. Hey, I know there’s not much related to the reunion we can accomplish right now, but do you still have time to talk?


Meredith was glad they weren’t on Skype after all. It might be embarrassing to have Jen see her looking as excited as a kid on Christmas morning. Online, she could play it cool.


Chapter 9