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“Wife?” That was Lorenzo’s last word to
her. And the look on his face was
one she’d never forget either.
Lorenzo didn’t give her a chance to explain. He looked at her as the smile on
his face faded. Pia tried her best
to avoid eye contact, but when their eyes met, Lorenzo shook his head in
disgust. Pia knew he had read
right through her. “Bastard,” had turned out to be her only
word to Larry.
Pia sat in the middle of her bed hugging the scrapbook she
had made for Lorenzo. This had
turned into a complete disaster.
She had called Lorenzo at least a dozen times on his cell phone, and
used her blocked landline to call him the other times. When she called cell to cell, she knew
he purposely rejected the phone call.
Why wouldn’t he give her a chance to explain?
“Damn you, Larry.”
Pia rocked back and forth on the bed. She was going to tell
Lorenzo during dinner what had transpired while he was
away. Lorenzo would never forgive
her, let her believe she had just found out what had happened in the past.
Pia had called Lisa, begging her to come over. Lisa had promised to come later on
after court. Slamming the
scrapbook down on the bed, she stumbled off, walking into the kitchen. Comfort food. That is exactly what she needed.
After opening and losing the refrigerator, freezer and
kitchen cabinets, she went with the seven layer dark chocolate layer cake in
the freezer. At least the dark
chocolate was good for you.
Opening the box, she took the butcher knife and cut a piece
of frozen cake. What the
hell. When you buy an ice-cream
cake, the cake part is always frozen.
Sliding the oversized piece onto a navy blue dessert plate, she returned
to her bed and plopped down in the middle with the plate of her lap.
Earlier she had called Nevada asking them questions about
the seals and they told her a seal is a seal, new or old. This put her right over the edge. Digging her fork into the cake she
struggled to cut a piece off. She
got a forkful, stuffed it into her mouth and immediately got the brain freeze
sensation.
A half a cake and two hours later, she picked up her cell
phone and called Lorenzo’s landline.
When it went into voicemail, she made the decision to leave him a
detailed message of what had happened.
At least then, she would feel at peace that he knew the truth of what
had happened.
“Hi Lorenzo.
I’m sorry about earlier. I
just wish you would have given me a chance to explain.” Pia sighed. “I just found out I was married too. I know this all sounds ridiculous,
somewhere out there, but…”
“I’ll be there in an hour…” With that the phone went dead in
her hand.
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Love that Lorenzo is going to let her explain! Whew! For a minute there, I thought I was going to have to bash him in the head. Am loving this story.
ReplyDeleteOh, yay! Lorenzo will give her a chance to explain? That's great! I want to see what happens. (And ice cream cake? YUM.)
ReplyDeleteWoohoo, he's going to give her a chance to explain.
ReplyDeletecomfort food- we all need that
ReplyDeleteWhile Pia is talking, Lorenzo will be listening. So as they deal with their issues, I am going to have chocolate cake. MJP
ReplyDeleteSo he was listening... hope things work out for them.
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