Episode 120: The Call

Avalon was walking out of Katherine’s home office with a list of the various charity functions that the Marques’ were considering attending over the holiday season when Adria popped out of her doorway. "Oh, hi, you must be thrilled to be off on winter break,"

"Yeah, I can barely stand the excitement, if you see any of my family tell them I’m still alive, huh," Adria said glumly and walked back into her bedroom leaving the door wide open this time so that she could easier identify the passersby.

"I’m back, that was just my brother’s girlfriend, or ex-girlfriend I guess I’m not even supposed to know that they were ever dating like it’s not totally obvious. Uh-huh, oh, no it’s nothing like that, she’s gorgeous like I don’t know Josie Maran or somebody, no, it’s just you know, like Justine and her mechanic-"

"Nothing, I just thought I heard somebody, I guess not, anyway her mom like died and my brother didn’t even go see her and say he was sorry or anything. I don’t know, he’s just so stupid sometimes you know, it’s like, last Christmas he bought her this super beautiful diamond bracelet and then he didn’t even give it to her. A couple weeks ago he got like, kicked out of the University, his professors told him there’s no point in taking your finals cause you like never showed up the whole semester anyway, he’s all like heartsick or something. Uh-huh, I know, it would be so romantic."

Avalon knew she shouldn’t have been standing there at the top of the stairs listening but she couldn’t help herself. She just had to pretend like she hadn’t heard a thing, like she didn’t care, and eventually she’d believe herself.

Episode 121: The Finest Gift