“Are you feeling better?” he asked formally.

“I would feel much better if all the misunderstanding would be straightened out,” she answered bravely. But her body was trembling nervously.

“Why did you stop me from speaking earlier? I wanted to make everything clear to everyone”

“We will get back to it after you explain to me the mess that you're talking about.”

His tone was far from encouraging but she took a deep breath and plunged in. “I was telling Linda that I was with you, Gracie, and Alex on double dates so that everyone wouldn't think that Gracie was stealing Alex away from me. And then Linda did not...