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Elsie didn't even open her eyes before she could feel that her head hurt. Very much. She turned it on the other side and grimaced at the pain. She was on her stomach and she stretched her legs and noticed two things: one, every part of her body was hurting, and two, she was naked. She quickly opened her eyes but closed them just as fast. Memories of last night came to her mind.

Charles in her house, their almost kiss, Joe, the restaurant, the Frenchy, the wine, her bedroom, sex with Joe.

Elsie moaned and put her hand on her head. She could hear noises coming from the kitchen and wondered if Joe would be the kind of guy to bring breakfast in bed for his woman. Charles was that type. Elsie groaned and turned onto her back, staring at the ceiling.

"No Els, don't think of him. What a jerk! Coming here, almost kissing you, touching you, and then flirting with his girlfriend for the entire restaurant to see…"

Elsie made a decision. She would not waste her time with him anymore. He would just be her ex-husband, the father of her daughters, and that's it. She would stop thinking of him and their married life. With that thought came the thought of their divorce and Elsie felt a pain in her chest and her eyes getting wet.

"Bloody hangover…" she muttered. It always did weird things to her.

Then, she heard a laugh. A feminine laugh.

"The girls!" She sat up in her bed. She could see her dress at the foot of it. Her bra was next to her on the floor. She moved her legs out of the bed and stood. She didn't have to open the curtains, so she just put on her nightgown and opened her bedroom door. When she turned her head, she saw her knickers on the floor, on the side of the bed where Joe had probably slept. Indeed, the only proof that Elsie had that he had been here was the smell of his cheap after-shave that she did not really like.

She made her way in the corridor and to the kitchen after she had gone to the toilet.

Sybil was sitting on a chair around the table and Anna was making some tea. They wore their pajamas. Anna had her hair in a low and untidy bun and Sybil had let her dark, curly hair free.

"Hello," Anna said when she noticed her mother.

"Tea or head powder?" Sybil added smiling. Elsie groaned and sat beside her.

"Both."

"Did you enjoy your evening?" Anna asked.

Elsie, who had put her head on her hands on the table, nodded. "I did. But it's been a long time since I woke up with a hangover…" Her voice was muffled with her hair and it made Sybil laughed.

"Yeah, Joe told us that you had drunk too much last night…"

Elsie lifted her head so quickly that she had to take it in her hands to try to stop the pain.

Anna gave her glass and Elsie drank it all.

"You have seen him?"

"Yes, he was taking a tea when we woke up. He could not stay but he left a note for you." Sybil said and pointed the fridge.

Elsie stood and took the paper with "Beth" written on it.

"By the way, why is he calling you Beth?"

"Because my name is Elizabeth."

"Yes but everybody else calls you Elsie."

"I don't know Sybil… He started calling me that and I have no objection…"

The two sisters stayed silent while their mother was reading the paper.

"Beth, I looking forward our next evening alone together. Thank you for last night. I DO like you drunk. XX, Joe."

Elsie blushed thinking of what she had done last night and she didn't know if she was thankful or not for the fact that she did not remember everything.

"So, girls, how was your party?"

Anna sat next to her sister. Elsie took a place across from them.

"It was so nice, Mum! So nice to see them all at the same time!" Sybil said.

"Yes, I can imagine. But you'll be there for the next holiday, won't you? Christmas break and everything?"

"Yes." Anna answered. "We would like to spend some time here. And spend more time with Dad… We haven't seen him much…"

"Yeah… Maybe he could drive us to the station tonight? I think I will call him later… Is it alright with you if he picks up us here?" Sybil asked.

"Of course. At what time is your train?"

"8:00 PM."

"Yeah, no problem."

The three women were sipping their tea when the Four Seasons started singing. Anna jumped on her feet, running to her bedroom. When she came back in the kitchen she was speaking on her phone.

"Yes. Thank you. What about you? Yes, I'm sorry we've missed it, but Mum and Dad told us about it… Yes, she is, yes, but wait, I'll put the speaker on." When Anna finished, Violet's voice could be heard in the kitchen.

"Hi, Granny!"

"Hello, darling Sybil."

Even if Violet was not Sybil's and Anna's real grandmother she had always been like it. Violet had always been like a mother to Charles because he and Robert had always been best friends. Violet had been close to Elsie, too, even after her divorce.

"So, is everyone hearing me?" Violet asked, speaking far too loudly.

"Yes, Granny, Mum is here too." Anna said.

"Oh, hello, Elsie, dear."

"Hi, Violet." Elsie smiled.

"Is there something you wanted, Granny?" Sybil asked. She was very intrigued. Her grandmother called them sometimes, but never on a Sunday morning.

"Yes, actually, there is. Igor and I have something very important to tell you so we would like you to come this afternoon."

The three women looked at each other.

"Is everything alright, Violet?" Elsie asked worriedly. Violet was not the kind of woman to keep any secrets. If she had something to say she would.

"Everything will be. But we would like to have you all. Can you make it, girls?"

"Yes, Granny. Our train is at 8:00 PM." Anna answered.

"Good. Elsie?"

Elsie looked at her daughters, surprised.

"Oh, I…"

"Elsie, dear, we want all the people we love to be present. You are one of them. So, we will expect you at 3:00 PM. See you later. Anna, could you pass me your mother, please?"

Elsie picked up the phone and turned off the speaker while Sybil and Anna laughed and said their goodbyes.

"Yes, Violet?"

"Only you can hear?" Elsie stood from her chair and went into her office.

"Yes, I'm alone."

"Alright. Charles will be there this afternoon. Will that be okay?"

"Of course, I had thought about it, actually. Don't worry."

"Good. Goodbye, Elsie."

"Bye, Violet."

Elsie came back in the kitchen. Her daughters looked up at her.

"Did she tell you something?" Anna asked.

"No, nothing… Just wanted to tell me that your father will be there."

The sisters laughed. Elsie looked at them.

"What?"

"Nothing…" They said at the same time.

"Okay… Well, I will leave you to it then. I'm going to the bathroom."

Sybil waited until she heard the bathroom door being closed before she turned to her sister excitedly. Anna was sipping her tea and had a little smile at the corner of her mouth."

"Anna? What do…" Sybil could not finish her sentence. Anna had put down her cup on the table and was literally jumping on her seat.

"God, Sybil I don't know… What do you think she will do? Do you think it's because of us?"

"I don't know… But I do know something… She took our conversation very seriously…".

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Any ideas of what the Carsons girls have been up to?