A long silence lingered. The sound of the icemaker echoed throughout the house. Pia was at a loss for words. Lisa had been her best friend since grammar school. How could she have betrayed her like this? Pia stood. She couldn’t even look at Lisa. At this point, she was disgusted with her. As far as she was concerned, her friendship with her was completely over. Her betrayal had crushed her. Now she wondered through all these years if the advice she had given her was right. And don’t forget about all the help she gave Lisa thinking that she was up to her neck in debt. All Lisa complained about was she had no money. So every pay check, Pia would give her friend fifty dollars and paid her part of the bills. “I have only one question for you. Why?” Pia asked. Lisa kept her head down as she spoke. “I had no other choice.” “You had plenty of choices. You could have done like ever