Janet put on a happy face the next morning. Her heart felt like it was breaking though. She watched Jack walk into the kitchen with the smile that always seemed to melt her heart. No matter what he did it when he smiled it seemed to dissolve all her anger. What would she do when she didn't have his smile to cheer her up? He made breakfast and the three went off to their jobs. It took everything she had to keep a smile on her face. She dhould be walking on cloud nine. Instead she felt like throwing herself on her bed and crying a river of tears! She didn't understand what was wrong with herself lately!
Jack was home when Janet got home from work. She was surprised to see him. She was used to being the first one home. She smiled the first genuine smile of the day. She asked "Bad day at work?"
Jack smiled and said "Nope! I have a big date tonight!"
Janet swallowed hard and said "That's nice! Is it with Greedy Gretchen?"
Jack shook his head and said "Ha ha! No, it is with a woman I met today! Her name is Vicky!"
Janet was shocked! She smiled and tried to sound happy for him! "Oh! That's nice!" She pressed her hand on her forehead and said with a broken voice "I have a headache..." She ran to the room she shared with Terri and threw herself on the bed and cried what felt like a million tears. She finished and was going to the kitchen to get a drink of water and some aspirin when she saw Vicky! She was definitely Jack's type. She shrugged and walked into the kitchen. Terri found her there when she got home from work. She said "Hi Janet!" She did a double take and said "Okay! What's wrong?" She waited for Janet to explain why she looked like she had lost her best friend. In a way she felt like she had. She also felt like she was loosing the love of her life...