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A shrill ring echoed around the almost empty Camden household. Ruthie sighed, annoyed that her studying was interrupted. At least she had the house to herself, she thought. "Hello, Camden residence, this is Ruthie." She rolled her eyes at how formal she sounded.
"Ruthie!" the caller desperately greeted, hoping Ruthie wouldn't be heartless and hang up on her. "Wait, don't hang up."
Ruthie gasped in surprise, why would she be calling? She thought to herself. "Mary?!"
"Ruthie, please don't hang up! I need to talk to someone in this family."
"I'm alone here. So I'm all you can talk to.
Mary sighed in relief. Thank God Ruthie would speak to her. "Ruthie, how do you feel about what happened between Lucy and me?"
"Well, I don't hate you because Lucy overreacted." Ruthie calmly went on "but it was your fault and Lucy was pregnant, you can't blame her. Her hormones were probably going nuts. You know, its Kevin I pity. He has gone through so much during Lucy's pregnancy. Aside from that, they just found out that Lucy can't have anymore children! She went into a state of unconsciousness at the hospital."
"Great! I mean great that you don't think it's completely my fault, not great that Kevin suffered and they can't have a child anymore. I'll have to find a way to make it up to them." Mary silently rejoiced that Ruthie did not hate her. "Do you see Mom and Dad and Lucy and Kevin forgiving me, anywhere in the near future?" Who better person to ask but Ruthie? She thought. She did know practically everything that went on in the Camden household.
"Hmm..." Ruthie thought out loud "Don't tell anyone, but I saw Mom crying to Dad that she hated being mad at you."
"What did Dad say?" Mary questioned, breathless with anticipation at what might the answer be.
"He just held and comforted her." Ruthie replied
"So what do you think? Is there a chance?" Mary pleaded, for an answer. "Ruthie, I really need all of you right now."
"Yeah, I guess so." Ruthie thought about it. "Hey, do you want me to put in a good word for you. Show Mom and Dad the less hysterical side of it., you know?"
"Oh Ruthie, your sure?' Mary cried, joyously. "Thank you!"
"All in a day's work, Mare" Ruthie smiled proudly. While she was sympathetic with Lucy, she knew that Lucy had Kevin and Mary had no one to turn to during her pregnancy. "Now if you don't mind, I have to get back to studying Algebra... I have a gigantic test tomorrow!"
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A shrill ring echoed around the almost empty Camden household. Ruthie sighed, annoyed that her studying was interrupted. At least she had the house to herself, she thought. "Hello, Camden residence, this is Ruthie." She rolled her eyes at how formal she sounded.
"Ruthie!" the caller desperately greeted, hoping Ruthie wouldn't be heartless and hang up on her. "Wait, don't hang up."
Ruthie gasped in surprise, why would she be calling? She thought to herself. "Mary?!"
"Ruthie, please don't hang up! I need to talk to someone in this family."
"I'm alone here. So I'm all you can talk to.
Mary sighed in relief. Thank God Ruthie would speak to her. "Ruthie, how do you feel about what happened between Lucy and me?"
"Well, I don't hate you because Lucy overreacted." Ruthie calmly went on "but it was your fault and Lucy was pregnant, you can't blame her. Her hormones were probably going nuts. You know, its Kevin I pity. He has gone through so much during Lucy's pregnancy. Aside from that, they just found out that Lucy can't have anymore children! She went into a state of unconsciousness at the hospital."
"Great! I mean great that you don't think it's completely my fault, not great that Kevin suffered and they can't have a child anymore. I'll have to find a way to make it up to them." Mary silently rejoiced that Ruthie did not hate her. "Do you see Mom and Dad and Lucy and Kevin forgiving me, anywhere in the near future?" Who better person to ask but Ruthie? She thought. She did know practically everything that went on in the Camden household.
"Hmm..." Ruthie thought out loud "Don't tell anyone, but I saw Mom crying to Dad that she hated being mad at you."
"What did Dad say?" Mary questioned, breathless with anticipation at what might the answer be.
"He just held and comforted her." Ruthie replied
"So what do you think? Is there a chance?" Mary pleaded, for an answer. "Ruthie, I really need all of you right now."
"Yeah, I guess so." Ruthie thought about it. "Hey, do you want me to put in a good word for you. Show Mom and Dad the less hysterical side of it., you know?"
"Oh Ruthie, your sure?' Mary cried, joyously. "Thank you!"
"All in a day's work, Mare" Ruthie smiled proudly. While she was sympathetic with Lucy, she knew that Lucy had Kevin and Mary had no one to turn to during her pregnancy. "Now if you don't mind, I have to get back to studying Algebra... I have a gigantic test tomorrow!"
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