Chapter 5By the time the next Friday meeting rolled around, Anna and Troy had been out four more times. She had invited him to her Friday meeting so he could meet other women and a couple husbands, and he agreed to go. Scarlet was hoping Roger would be more involved, and had decided her level of intimacy with him the following week would be determined by how often he checked his phone that night.
When everyone had arrived, even the new members from last week - Margarette and Mike - Lucy called the meeting to order. Dan was with her that evening, passing around a little box of cookies the happy couple had baked that afternoon.
“Okay, so how was everyone’s week?”
“Pretty much the same as always. Painful and annoying.” Beth said, arms folded in her baggy hoodie, somewhat pouting. She consi
