“I won’t be free that day. Perhaps another time,” Janet said, her voice calm and devoid of emotion. She’d just had a bad day and was in no mood to attend a class reunion.

When Janet was in college, she hadn’t gotten along with Ella and the others. She’d been a wallflower, so it was surprising that they invited her this time.

Ella’s laughter came to an abrupt end and she was suddenly serious. “All our classmates will be there. People will notice if you’re the only one absent. Do you want that? It’s not that hard to take one day off. It’s not every day you get an opportunity like this. Who knows when the next class reunion will be?”

Janet bit her lip, deep in thought. “I’ll consider it.”

Ella noticed that Janet was in a bad mood, and her tone brightened. “What’s there to think about? You do sound down in the dumps though; what happened?”

“It’s nothing. I’m fine.” Janet sighed in frustration. “I’ll go.”

She decided it wasn’t a bad idea to have a get-together. She did want to relax and change her mood.

Ella’s cheerful laughter on the phone showed how pleased she was. “Wonderful! I’ll see you at Susie’s.”

After the call disconnected, Janet kept thinking about the reunion. Maybe meeting her old classmates again wasn’t a bad idea.

her and Ella in college. Meeting again was a great way to get past it. “I won’t be free

told Ethan about the call from Ella

resolve, so I won’t be home early for the next few days, Saturday included. Don’t worry about me. You can have a good time with your classmates,” Ethan said, pinching her cheek. He had a meeting with some

had suddenly become quite busy

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arrived and Janet arrived at the restaurant according to the address which Ella had texted to her. A whole year had passed, but

Janet over to the table

quite a bit. She was now dressed expensively. She even had a Hermes bag sitting on the table in front of her. She pulled Janet into the seat beside her and said, “Wow

funding the class reunion and that she had booked the whole

told Ethon obout the coll from Ello

home eorly for the next few doys, Soturdoy included. Don’t worry obout me. You con hove o good time with your clossmotes,” Ethon soid,

poy much ottention to it, it wos stronge thot Ethon hod

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to the oddress which Ello hod texted to her. A whole yeor hod possed, but it wosn’t

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