“That will be fine.  Shall I just meet you downstairs then?”

“Great.  I’ll meet you then. Later.”

“Later, Kendall.”  Greenlee clicks the phone. ‘I suppose it is a necessity to eat even if I don’t feel like it.’  She stands and heads for the bathroom to shower and get ready.

Kendall moves about her room trying to get ready, but her mind won’t shut up and give her a moment’s peace.  She throws around dresses trying to pick the right one, but nothing seems right.  This one is too dressy, but that one is too casual, and I wear that one to work a lot.  Nothing was working for her not one thing at all.

“Damn it!  This is so ***** not fair.  I am not supposed to be *****, bi-sexual…whatever this is.  I am not supposed to fall in love with a woman.  I am most definitely not supposed to fall in love with anyone who is my boss and so much like me that we could kill each other every second of every day!”  Kendall screams her frustration out at her closet doors.

She pulls out a very simple black dress and studies it for a minute.  It is an old dress, one that she hasn’t worn in ages, but it will do for tonight.  It is good enough for company so it is good enough for dinner in the Valley Inn.

“You are the winner my friend.  I will wear you to my torture session this evening and you will live through it just like I will.”  Kendall strips down to her underwear and places the dress on.  She buttons the front up and looks at herself in the mirror, “Yeah, I look fine for a dinner with my boss…*****.”

As she stands there picking at her hair and reapplying her lipstick, she catches a glimmer in the mirror, “Yeah, I see you.”  She fingers the necklace bearing Ryan’s mother’s ring, “I suppose I know what I have to do with you.  I’ll do it soon, but for now…” she reaches up and removes the necklace gently, “I’m sorry Ryan.  I never would have hurt you, but you left and maybe I didn’t love you enough or maybe we didn’t love each other enough…it doesn’t matter now.”  She places the necklace on her dresser after kissing it gently.  She then heads out the door and off to dinner.