“Really? It’s not enough we didn’t get to spend time together for Thanksgiving?” Karli lamented to her husband Evan on their call.
“Sorry, babe,” he told her. “You know they’ve expanded my territory. I can’t not go.”
“I know,” she said, eyes closed in frustration. “Any chance at all you and I will at least see each other on Christmas Day?”
A long pause, then, “I’m just not sure.”
When she got off the phone she paced back and forth across the living room, finally giving in to the urge to vent to Sarah.
“Hey,” she said when her best friend answered. “Got a minute?”
“Sure, what’s up?”
“I’m thinking ice cream and girl talk, if you’re free tonight.”
“I don’t know, let me check my schedule,” Sarah said mischievously, then paused on purpose for several seconds before saying, “yep, the Chi
