Chapter 18: Wake up and Smell the Jealousy

A couple of days later, Hallie was in her room taking a siesta which turned into a rather long nap. It was the beginning of fall, but the days were as hot as ever.

She could tell by her grogginess that she had slept a long time when Terry pounded on the door, screaming, “Get up!”

With a groan, Hallie peeled herself off the bed and went to answer the door, dressed only in her pajama shorts and a sleeveless shirt. “What is going on?”

Terry, on the other hand, looked fresh and full of energy. “While you’re sleeping, your boyfriend is running off with that church-going Goody Two Shoes. Just thought you should know.”

“What?”

“Eloise.”

“I figured you meant Eloise, but what do you mean ‘running off’?”

“They just drove away together,” Terry said with a light shrug. She was wearing a particularly garish shade of red lipstick that day.

“Why are you telling me?” Hallie asked, rubbing her forehead as if that could clear her thoughts.