
"Sharon Gedes hasn't been the person she wanted to be for most of her life. She gave up the life of a writer, actress, and chose to settle in a small, southern town where she pretends to be someone she's not. Married, with four sons, she lives a life of quiet desperation, pretending to be straight, upright, and above all, normal.
When she spends a weekend in New York with her old girlfriend, Pilar, to ostensibly pitch her television script to an executive producer, Sharon discovers everything she's been missing, a sense of purpose, love, adventure ... and the woman she used to be.
Note: This story is included in the author’s anthology, Whetting the Appetite."

Pilar was unchanged, the bright pink streaks in her silver-blonde hair notwithstanding. She even smelled the same, a fragrant combination of cinnamon and exotic Italian perfume. “Darling, darling, darling.” Pilar kissed both cheeks, pulled back to stare at Sharon and kissed her again, a little more seriously, on the mouth. “You look positively medieval. Good thing for you, I have an appointment tomorrow with Celeste.” “Well,” Sharon frowned, self-consciously touching her going-gray brown hair, “you look lovely.” “Oh, I’m not saying you don’t look beautiful, Roni,” Pilar said. “But your fashion sense? Do you even have shops, aside from Wal-Mart?” “Believe it or not, there are stores that don’t line 5th Avenue,” Sharon said. “You know the world ends at the Queensboro Bridge.” Pilar smir
