Episode 772: Trouble With The Truth

Her husband didn’t sound angry or upset yet. Jesse must not have gone to him. Lila considered that both a relief and troubling. "Hey," she said, "so, um, I’m worried about Jesse." Not just that he might tell Bowie what he’d overhead, that was the least of her concerns. Her son’s state of mind concerned her more. He’d been so upset.

"Jesse and I… we weren’t getting along. He’s really distressed. He took off. If you see him, Bo, would you call me, no matter what." No matter if he hated her so much that he no longer wanted to talk to her. "I just need to know he’s okay."

"Of course, I’ll call. I’m sure it’s not as big a deal as you think. You’re just stressed over the party and he’s a teenager so you clashed, it’s kind of inevitable. I’m sure he’ll be back soon, or headed home the minute he cools off."

"Lila," Katherine snapped in the near distance. "You’re on the phone, now?"

Lila hadn’t told Katherine about Jesse overhearing their conversation. Nor did she have any intention of sharing that information. Her son had enough upsetting him without Katherine threatening him, as she seemed prone to do.

"Sounds like you need to go," Bowie said. "Lila, it’ll be fine. If he’s not home for dinner and doesn’t call, then we’ll worry, okay?"

But Lila did worry about Jesse. She made a mess of the garden party, totally disorganized, spilling things, if it was possible for it to go wrong, it did. Katherine stayed on her case throughout the day, and everything just seemed that much worse when Lila found some of the business cards she’d handed out, tossed aside. Her last shred of dignity and hope, in the trash. Tears flooded her eyes and spilled over her cheeks. She couldn’t do it anymore. She felt every fiber of her being crack open. She ran off with Katherine calling after her.

Episode 773: Sweet Child