Sisters and Friends
Chapter 8
It's Own Reward
Annie looked at her friend with admiration. "Well played, Morgendorffer. You should get a medal."
"Why? I just did what had to be done. Aunt Amy was the one who really figured out what might work. That plane ticket must have cost a fortune, with that short booking."
"She must have figured the time was right, and she knew you were the one to pull it off."
"I'm just glad that Mom and Daria finally resolved this. It was really hard on my Dad," Quinn smiled. "Mom actually ditched work to fly to Boston, just so she could talk to Daria face to face. She actually apologized to both Daria and Trent. I never thought I'd see the day when my Mother would capitulate."
"Are all the women in your family as stubborn as that?" Annie smirked.
Quinn was quiet for a long moment. "Yeah. It comes from being lucky enough to come from a privileged and powerful background. Daria and I are basically spoiled kids who've had the luxury of a decent home life, and family that provided us with what we needed. We were just too self-centered to realize that."
"She stepped up to the bar; she knows how to work hard. I bet that she'd have been able to do it on her own."
"But that's just it. I got her to back down because she finally realized that she had dumped a lot of it onto Trent. That guy didn't deserve that kind of shit. Daria and I get mad when we don't get what we think we're entitled to, and we wind up sometimes hurting the people around us. "
"So you're happy for your sister and her guy, and not at all smug about it. That's some major Karmic points, Morgendorffer. You're giving back."
Quinn smiled at Annie. It's gonna take a lot more than that to begin to find a balance. "You're actually kinda proud of me, aren't you?"
"It's more like I'm proud to be your friend, Quinn."