Chapter two
Lorraine and Galen
Emily and Rose sat in Emily's dining room finishing their coffee and cranberry orange scones. They talked about what had gone on in their lives since they had last seen each other. One minute they would be laughing hysterically and the next they’d be in tears.
Even though she’d heard the story before, Rose never ceased to laugh at Emily’s story about why she’d divorced David Miller who after 25 years of marriage finally admitted he was Jewish.
"It’s not that it would have been cause of divorce 25 years ago. I loved him and wouldn’t have left him for that, but to wait as long as he did? What had he been thinking?" Emily felt that religion was one of the major roots of a marriage and was really thrown for a loop.
She started crying. She still loved David, however she had morals and took her religion very seriously. Emily had been a devout Catholic all her life and simply could not live with a man who was not of the same faith.
"He wanted me to convert! Do you believe that? He said he had spent 25 years playing Catholic and now it was my time to become Jewish."
Rose got up and came over to Emily, put her arms around her, and got a throw from the living room. She put it around emily’s' shoulders."Take as long as you need, Emily.”
Emily took some tissues from her pocket book and wiped her eyes and blew her nose.
"I’m okay. I just have these moments once in a while. It has been long enough since we divorced and I believe he has someone else he is seeing already."
Rose remarked how good Emily looked in her brown skirt and tan short sleeve sweater. It was still cool after a long winter. Rose stood in the middle of the dining room turning slow circles taking it all in. The thought that she would be living here with her best friend since kindergarten filled her with joy that she had no idea lived within her.
"You don’t look bad yourself, Emily. I love the way you have your hair cut in that bob and your dress is just exquisite." The dress Emily was wearing was a clay blue color with a short jacket with peacocks on it. The outfit all went together and matched the color of Emily's eyes.
"You won’t be saying anything like that after you see me in my jeans." Emily said. “but let’s take a good look at our rooms again. I figure we can both sleep downstairs since there are two rooms down this hall with a full bath in each room, not big bathrooms but enough for our needs, and who knows, we may like it down here so much we will stay. And I know how much you love the solarium full of my tropical plants, hot tub and a steam bath.”
They gathered up Rose's things and walked back to the bedrooms. Although she’d seen these rooms countless times before, she stood in awe of their beauty.
One bedroom had light rose walls, with the woodwork painted white and a hand hooked carpet with roses on it, the room had a double bed with a white lace bed spread. The room was immaculate, with a walk in closet and antique bureau for her underwear necessities, and a comfy stuffed chair covered with pink, white and green stripes.
The second bedroom was a butter yellow color, with just a slightly darker shade of yellow woodwork, and a hand hooked rug with a garden pattern on it, all shades of greens, yellows, pinks and a hint of purple. The bedspread was a very pale lace green. There was a rocking chair, also a walk-in closet as well as an antique bureau. Both bedrooms had bow windows, and were full of light and very airy.
Emily said, “Take your pick. Which room would you like?"
Rose dropped her bags and just stood and looked at each room. "Emily, they're both so perfectly beautiful, but I think I'm partial to the rose." She started to giggle, "and it goes with my name."
Emily started laughing, too. "I hadn’t thought of that."
Suddenly Rose's cell phone rang. "Yes, this is Rose. What! What! You are kidding! Of course! Yes, yes, Saturday morning, it is!”
"Emily, it looks like you're going to have me around longer than you thought. That was the realtor, my house just sold.”
Emily and Rose hugged each other.
Emily said "Oh let's go have a drink to celebrate. Then go and have a nice lunch somewhere. There are some superb places down in the town."Rose responded in the affirmative and off they went back down the hall.
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