Eliza and Jeanne decided to have dinner at a restaurant near Terrence’s, where Jeanne had just been to check on his place. Eliza surveyed her sister who was obviously very much in love with Terrence, and Eliza remembered being in love with him herself a long time before. Ages ago it seemed to her, since she was now married.
Now Rafe was the only man she was with.
Rafe at this point wanted to try full-out monogamy since even when he was going to marry Ingrid, he was primarily only with Eliza because Ingrid was always away at a nursing conference or working. Maybe that was what drew them together again this time, drove to their marriage.
Their concurrent but undesired states of celibacy made the two sisters sit in companionable silence with each other, sipping a French red wine that Jeanne recommended. Jeanne had spent a lot of time in France and loved Paris as well as a lot of other cities that other people did not know because Paris was the New York City of France. Eliza grew up in New York City, Jeanne spent the other part of her life there as well.
They connected so well geographically.
“So everything is good with Terrence?” Eliza took a sip of wine, and looked at Jeanne.
Jeanne swallowed and smiled.
“It’s nice, I was seeing someone at the time I met him with you. I was not thinking about anything like this but it happened, and it is good.”
Eliza nodded.
“It could have been worse you know, I was broken up with Rafe, you could have fallen in love with him!”
Jeanne laughed,
“Not a chance because even while he was supposedly with Ingrid, he was still devoted to you. There was no room for anyone else as you see.”
Was Jeanne right? Had he been devoted even when they were not together? Eliza did not believe he would have proposed marriage to Ingrid if he had not meant it. The friendship she had forged with Ingrid was over now that she and Rafe were not getting married. There was no point, they were not adversaries but…
The relationship that Eliza had forged that meant something was this one with Jeanne—it was worth maintaining.
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I love the companionship between the two sisters 🙂
Rebel xox
i am trying Marie, we will see!🤞