For Elizabeth, Saturday morning arrived quickly. The week had been uneventful for the most part, with the only exception being two phone calls from her mother-in-law, Abigail Carter.
When she’d called the second time on Friday, Chris had taken the phone from her and told Abigail that this was an office and that she was disrupting his employee’s ability to do her job and tying up his phone line with things that were not related to his business. He warned her that if she called there again, he would file harassment charges. She wondered if he could do that in reality, but either way, it was nice to have a man defend her for a change.
She wasn’t sure, but she thought that second call from Abigail had led to the impromptu intervention last night. Jan had invited her and Chris to dinner, and
