Interlude Three
"Hello, Tiaron residence, this is Gina."
"Hi Gina, it's Cathy."
"Oh Cathy, hey! It's great to hear from you."
"Well the boys are staying with friends tonight and Dan's out of town, so I figured I'd call you up and say hello. How have you been?"
"I'm pretty good, thanks. My sister in Florence called the other day to tell us she just got engaged, so we've all been invited to head back home for the wedding later in the year. Nick and the kids will enjoy that."
"Well that sounds lovely. What about Nicholas, how's he?"
"Oh, he's fine. It's close to promotion time at work, so fingers crossed. And he's got some long-service leave coming up in August, which should be great."
"And the kids?"
"Everybody's on holidays at the moment, so things are pretty lively around here. Jonathan came home with an earring a couple of weeks back, actually. I nearly flipped, but I have to admit, Nick handled it a lot better than I did. Everyone else is fine, except for, well, Teresa and Scott..."
"Something wrong?"
"Not wrong, no. It's just, they hang out with a group of older kids. Don't get me wrong, I've met them and they're all really nice. But they were out so late last night, they've barely been home half an hour all week, and Teresa just seems so distanced lately. I know I should trust them, and I do, you know. I just don't want my kids getting involved with the law or anything, not at such an early age. Anyway, enough about me. How have you been?"