The next ripple came from the least expected place.
Convicted that Harry was going to leave her, that he would go far away and she would not be able to keep him, Laura decided to use her last resort: Deanna herself.
Perhaps the final days of her pregnancy were driving her crazy, perhaps the constant rumors about Deanna and Daniel were annoying her, or perhaps she felt cornered by the imminent end of her short marriage; but Laura was livid, tired, exhausted.
One can make the best decisions when one feels something important is at stake, or the worst ones of one's entire life; ultimately, it is the result that determines it. She had the feeling that something was slipping through her fingers.
"Deanna, I need to talk to you. Do you think you can come to the University cafe at 4?
