There was a brief lull in service while Krystal took a moment to restock the wine rack in the back of the restaurant. Kendall marched in and put a bag down on the bar in front of her.
"These are for Marissa." said Kendall tersely.
"I'll see that she gets them." said Krystal, a little surprised by Kendall blunt tone.
"And we need to talk." Kendall was staring at Krystal pointedly and bemused, Krystal gestured to an empty table nearby.
"What's the matter?" asked Krystal as she took her seat.
"Why haven't you told her?" demanded Kendall.
"Told who?"
"Why haven't you told Marissa about her and Bianca?"
"But she does know." said Krystal quietly.
"No she doesn't."
"No! JR told her while she was in hospital."
"JR! You left something as important as that to JR? You didn't think to check. JR has told her squat! Trust me on this Marissa doesn't know a thing."
"But I did check. I asked if she still had feelings for Bianca and she said yes."
"Feelings! Feelings? Everyone has feelings! That's not checking that's avoiding."
"What are you suggesting?"
"That you didn't approve of my sister and Marissa."
"How dare you! How dare you say a thing like that! I have never seen my daughter happier. I was delighted to see her so much in love, delighted to see her with someone who would never hurt or betray her."
"So why didn't you tell her about Bianca?"
Krystal held her head in her hands for a moment as she realised her mistake.
"I thought she knew. I really did. She talked about her a lot, I thought she had to know! But Bianca wouldn't see her and Marissa was just so focused on AJ. I don't know; I was so determined to not let JR screw up her life again, so determined for my daughter to be happy with her son I guess I forgot about the other part of her life that made her happy." Krystal gave Kendall a long sorrowful look. "I'm such an fool!"
"You said it." said Kendall sitting back and crossing her arms. "So how do we fix it?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, how do we fix it? Bianca is pining away because Marissa doesn't have the first clue about how she and Bianca really feel about each other. And god knows what garbage JR has been filling her head with."
"I wouldn't even know how to start that conversation." said Krystal, looking worried.
"Well I have an idea about that but I have a couple of questions." said Kendall, "Firstly what is Marissa doing this Friday night..?"
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