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Glinda paused for a moment before quickly smiling and saying Alright Wendy You stay with your friend When you have some free time comeback and have dinner with me
Sure Grandma Wendy replied
The two of the mended the call
GlindaglancedatStanley,whowas stillreadingthebusinessnewspaper,hisexpressionunreadable.
Stanley have you fought with Wendy Glinda asked
Stanley didn t lookup from his paper No
Glinda let out a small laugh Do you know Wendy s friend Is it a guy or a girl
Stanley remained silent
Glinda reached over and snatched the newspaper from his hands You know you ve been holding the paper upside down
Stanleynoticedforthefirsttimethathehadbeenholdingthepaperwrong.Hepressed hislipstogetherbriefly.Glindasighedandstoodup.”Iknowyou’vebeenwiththatJessicaforawhile,butnobodywillwaitaroundforever,Stanley.Wendywilleventuallygetfedupwithwaiting,andshe’llleave.She’sgreat,andyoudon’tevenappreciateher.Thereareplentyofmenouttherewhowould.WhenWendyendsupwithsomeoneelse,don’tcomecryingtome.”
Just then Freddy came over Mrs Glinda has Mrs Wendy returned Dinner is ready
Wendy s not coming back tonight so I won teat Glinda replied With that she turned and headed upstairs
Freddy,sensingtheoddatmosphere,lookedatStanley andasked,”Mr. Hawk,whyisn’tMrs.Wendycominghome?Sinceshestartedschool,shehasn’treturned.Mrs.Glindamentionshereveryday.Thehousejustisn’tthesamewithout her.Mrs.Glindahasn’tsmiledin days.”
Freddy sighed and left the room
Stanleysataloneonthecouch.Hetuggedathis tie,hisfacedarkwithfrustration.HetookouthisphoneandopenedWhatsApp.
With his long fingers he typed a message to Wendy Why won t you comeback
But before he could send it he deleted each word one by one
It was his faults he was gone After slapping him she stayed by Nathan s side Of course she wouldn t return now He sighed thinking he would let the matter go
Nathan s wounds were nearly healed now and he would be discharged soon That day Wendy returned to the Clave n dale University dormitory
Therewasanew studentinthedorm,LunaFisher.
Luna came from a difficult background her father was an alcoholic and gambler and she had a younger brother still in school addingto the financial burden
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Shewasabeautifulgirlwithapure,innocentappearance.She wasstudyinginthedramadepartment,withdreamsofbecomingafamousstarandearningenoughmoneytochangeherfamily’sfate.
ShehandedWendyandHalsey aboxofpastries.”Wendy,Halsey,mytommadethese.Myfamilydoesn’thavemuchmoney,butmymommakesgoodpastries.Ihopeyoudon’tmind.”
Neither Wendy nor Halsey minded at all Halsey took a bite of a cupcake and smiled It s fluffy and sweet Luna It s really good
Luna looked at Wendy with eager hopeful eyes as light smile on her face as if waiting for her approval
Wendy took a bite herself nodding with a smile Luna your mom s a really good baker
Luna beamed I m glad you like them I m heading to the Gold Vista Hotel to work as a waitress tonight so I ll be going now
With that Luna grabbed her bag and left
Halsey had to head off to class too so she followed behind
Wendy s at alone in the chair for a moment Her phone suddenly rang It was a call from Trish
Wendy answered the call and Trish s excited voice came through immediately Wendy I ve got good news I met Dr C eyl an
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