"Mrs. White wanted to know whether you would care to join them for dinner tonight." The driver looked at Janet in the rearview mirror.
Sitting in the back seat, Janet replied, "Tell my mother I'll go and see her another day. I need to calm down first."
A message arrived from Elizabeth. Janet smiled sweetly, knowing that Brandon would get her note.
She called Elizabeth.
"Why are you calling?" Elizabeth asked with a mischievous smile.
Janet could tell that Elizabeth was smiling from the tone of her voice. Janet faltered and chewed her bottom lip.
"If you don't speak, I'll hang up," Elizabeth threatened.
"Don't hang up. I want to ask about Brandon, but it isn't easy for me. How was he today?" Janet asked.
She tasted blood. Why did she feel so nervous? She wasn't a teenager.
"He looked very sad, and I think he's lost weight. If you're worried about him, maybe it's time to goback?" Elizabeth said, grinning.
Janet couldn't understand why she cared. He had lied to her. That was why she left in the first place. But now, even though Janet had told Brandon not to look for her, she found herself worrying about him.
When Elizabeth told her that Brandon was sad, Janet felt sorry. She didn't want to make him sad.
But she had to teach him a lesson and make him
pay for lying to her, otherwise, he would do so again. She had to stick to her plan.
Janet shook her head and came to her senses.
"I can't go back yet. I must teach Brandon a lesson, or he will lie to me again and again."
"Yes, you should teach him a lesson. But why aren't you working today. Where have you been?" Elizabeth didn't expect a workaholic like Janet to request a leave of absence.
"I'm meeting an old friend who I haven't seen for a long time," Janet said mysteriously.
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