Lonely Housewife Succumbs: 46

Scottie said, "No Uber needed. I'm parked over there." We walked together, silently and awkwardly, not having seen each other since that fateful lunch at La Tour. When we reached his car, as is Scottie, he opened the passenger door for me. This time however his eyes didn't linger on my legs.

As we drove I asked, "How is school going?" He replied, "School is school. I added some more courses so that I could graduate early. Didn't want to have any free time so I just led a vanilla life."

I said, "Oh wow Scottie congratulations. What are you going to do now?"

"I don't know Andrea. I have a job offer from the firm that I interviewed with last summer in NYC or I could go to work for dad. But enough about me Andrea. What have you been up to?"

I cringed. What do I say? Back to vanilla. I replied, "Well tonight was a good example of what I've been up to. I'm back to Vanilla and assholes like George but I'm okay as Ginny and I have mended fences and become closer." Scottie said, "I'm glad to hear about you and Ginny. That's what's most important. Sorry about the rest. Here you go Andrea. You are home."

I asked, "Would you like to come in and catch up some more?" Yikes Andrea! Seriously!

Scottie said, "I don't think that's a good idea Andrea. It was good to see you. Merry Christmas."

I opened my own door and walked into my house to continue my vanilla existence. Merry Fucking Christmas Andrea! I can't believe I had the nerve to ask him to come inside after the hurt I put him through! Oh well as the old saying goes, you made your bed and now you lie in it.

Christmas came and went without much fanfare. I can tell that Ginny is worried about my state of mind, as is of course my dear friend Emma. In the spirit of open and honest communication with my daughter, I did tell Ginny about the incident outside The Clubhouse restaurant. I also mentioned how Scottie by pure happenstance came to the rescue.

Prior to Christmas we had made reservations at the club for New Year's Eve. It was now December 30th and I was regretting making that commitment. Ginny made it sound like a fun evening but my mind was elsewhere. I was dreading tomorrow especially since I had been set up with another date.

record, I know! Frank is a nice man. He is a little older than me, try 15 years older, and like me recently

New Years Eve came and I felt really sad. How had I made such a mess of my life in a little over six months. The sad part is, I don't even know what

needed to put a brave front for Ginny. She has been through so much these last six months. I saw she was excited about getting dressed up and having fun at

me a hug. She said, "Mom this is going to be so much fun. I'm really excited. Aren't you?" I looked up and said, "Oh honey tonight is going to be so much fun. I can't wait." Ginny looked at me with as the song says "Suspicious Eyes" and said, "Mom, you need to have some fun tonight. Let yourself

aren't going to have any fun. Go. I'll be down shortly and

and gave me a hug and said, "Hurry

downstairs. I finished with my makeup and looked at myself in the mirror. Not bad I thought. I had on a nice little black dress. Conservative and classy. It showed some cleavage and stopped

to the club, Frank was already there waiting for us. He led us to our table which consisted of Becky and her parents, me, Ginny and Frank. How cozy I thought. Our waiter came over and we ordered our drinks. Dinner was preordered as it was a large group. It consisted of Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail, followed by an Arugula Peach salad, and the main entree. I had ordered Sea Bass but others had their choice of Filet Mignon, Rack of Lamb, or a Vegan Lasagna. The dinner was great and soon the band started to play. Frank of course was at the bar with his cronies so I danced a couple of songs with Becky and Ginny. Before long I found myself sitting alone at our table. I saw Ginny dancing with a handsome boy, obviously enjoying herself. I told myself again that I needed to

"Mom why are you sitting here by yourself? It's 11:30. You

and said, "Virginia Elizabeth Walker! I'm fine go

please be on the

yes and

said, "Go on and enjoy yourself.

thought I could never have imagined how this year turned out.

it read, "Hello

racing. It was Scottie. I took a deep breath and texted,

pinged, "Hard to be celebrating anything when you are sitting by yourself at

to get ragged as my head snapped around looking to see where he was at. Oh Andrea you can't do this I said to myself. But just then my phone pinged again,

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