A few hours later when the housework was done, Bree was sitting in her kitchen joined by Lynette and Susan whilst Danielle and Julie played upstairs.

"So where's Andrew today?" Lynette asked and Bree shrugged sadly.

"He went out a while." Bree smiled and looked down into her tea.

Susan, who was slightly distracted, looked up and spoke. "Where did Gabrielle say she was going?"

"She told me she was going shopping with her mother in law." Lynette answered, looking across the table to Bree.

"That's what she told me as well, why?" Bree questioned and then followed Susan's gaze out of the window where Mama Solis was entering the Solis' house.

"I don't think that's where she is." Susan finally spoke.

"So she lied. Its no big deal, we all lie don't we?" Bree asked, somewhat distracted from what the conversation was about.

"I suppose." Susan mumbled, raising the mug to her lips, thinking through her suspicions once more.

"Oh whilst I remember, does anyone want 3 young boys? They're on special offer." Lynette asked, referring to her children who were proving to be quite a handful. Both Susan and Bree laughed at her suggestion before Bree reached over, placing her left hand on Lynette's in a gesture of comfort.

"We all have tough times." She soothed and Lynette nodded, taking a minute to note that Bree wasn't wearing a wedding ring; maybe she took it off to do the laundry, she thought. Then Susan noticed it too.

"Hey, Bree, you're not wearing your wedding ring." Susan spoke out loud, alerting Bree in her direction.

"Oh…erm, I'm moving on. I'm no longer Bree Van De Kemp; I'm single and looking for a man. Know any?" Bree seemed happy and confident but her friends knew that she wasn't deep down.

"Erm…no, sorry." Susan was the first to speak after Bree's outburst.

"I haven't had the time to go out at all." Lynette almost mumbled, watching Bree's perfect smile fall from her face. "Is everything ok Bree?"

The smile was back up when she looked up and everything was back to normal; so she thought.
"Yes, everything's absolutely brilliant Lynette, why do you ask?" Bree avoided her gaze as she took a sip of her tea.

"Well, we all know how much you love Rex." Susan cut in and Bree looked solemnly at her.

"Things change, Susan." Bree spoke, almost as if bitterly.

For the rest of their tea party, neither spoke about Rex and Bree's marriage instead they delved into the speculation of the Mary Alice mystery. After 2 hours, Lynette left to pick up her children from school and Susan had to leave for a date at Mike's so once again Bree was left alone; that was until she got a phone call she'd wish she'd never got.

"Yes this is she." She spoke into the receiver, awaiting an explanation for the call. "What do you mean he's been in an accident?"