Back in New York, Marc was sitting at his desk proof reading the latest article he'd written when his phone rang.
"Marc St. James." He answered professionally.
"Hey Marc." Amanda said. "Whatcha doin'?"
"I'm working Mandy…you do remember what that's like…don't you?"
"I'm working too." She retorted. "I'm waiting for my new client. Go ahead, ask me who it is."
"Who is it?" Marc humoured her. Truthfully, he was curious. Amanda's clients were starting to impress him a little.
"Penelope Grayson. She plays Sam on "All the World's Sorrow"." Amanda had been building up quite the clientele from the soap opera crowd. She was actually becoming quite a popular stylist.
"Wow, Mandy…I'm impressed. She's pretty popular." Marc was sincere. "But I think you have your work cut out for you."
"I know, right…that hair! And she has absolutely no chesticles. It's like fitting a dress on a surf board. If she even had some breasts as big as man-boobs at least I'd have something to work with."
"So did you just call to rub in how exciting your life is? Or is there another reason you called?" Marc wanted to get to the point. "I am a busy fashion editor, you know."
"Oh right…I called because Daniel and Betty are coming home today and Betty's dad is having a big do for dinner."
"So?"
"So…I'm going and I wanted to know if you want to go too." Amanda thought it was straightforward.
"Why would I want to go to Queens – the land of polyester and vinyl?" He shivered.
"I know you've missed Betty too, Marc." Amanda said softly.
"Only because now there's way too much food left over at the end of the staff meetings. Besides Amanda, I wasn't invited." Marc said.
"That doesn't matter – they're Mexican - they're used to having a bazillion people around." She paused for a minute. "Come on Marc…you know you want to."
"Well, I am curious to see Daniel and Betty together." Marc admitted. Then he added "You know…like a gruesome accident you can't look away from."
"So you'll come?" Amanda was hopeful.
"I guess. I have nothing better to do tonight anyway." Marc replied.
