Once again, Lanie didn’t have enough time to dwell on the ‘what would have been’, because her husband suddenly got up and announced he’d be doing something horrible. At his wife's confused look, Roddy explained he would be off to socialize. She laughed earnestly at his jest of only socializing because it would make her happy, and gave his face a gentle caress before she watched him walk off. God, how she loved this man! She was truly lucky to be sharing her life with Roddy.
Of course, all happy, bubbly feelings were gone the moment Lanie saw he was talking to none other than Kaitin O’Connor.
“Something horrible, indeed...” Lanie muttered angrily, letting out an annoyed sigh.
The relationship between her and Kaitin had been a rivalry for the books, one that went all the way back to high school and to this day. When Lanie had moved to Edenridge, she’d instantly became the school’s ‘It Girl’: blonde, beautiful, with curves in the right places and a knack for having fun and being the life of the party wherever she went. Life was great… Until the red-headed Kaitlin changed from mousy and lousy to what would be Lanie’s biggest competition. The red-headed girl had soon earned a reputation for being a boyfriend-stealer, one that didn’t sit well with Lanie, as some of her friends had been victims of this disgusting crime against the ‘Girl Code’. Kaitlin had even tried- though thankfully unsuccessfully- to get into Decky’s pants, which of course only earned her even more dislike on Lanie’s part. It didn’t help that Roddy considered
this woman one of his friends, so Lanie was forced to always keep a high guard around this situation. More than once, the blonde and the redhead were close to settling things with their hands, but there was always someone to prevent this. But to this day, she still harbored all kinds of negative feelings towards Kaitlin, and the moment she’d found out she was back in Edenridge they had flourished to dangerous levels once again.
Lucky for Kaitlin, Lanie was older and wiser now. Though she wanted nothing more than to drag Roddy away from this woman, she decided to keep calm until she noticed anything else happen. After all, it was a simple catch-up of two old friends, right? Lanie shuddered at the thought of them being ‘two old friends’, a momentary look of disgust on her face. But all intentions of not making a scene flew out the window when she saw Kaitlin wrap her arms around her husband and daughter’s father, and her conviction only strengthened with the way the redhead shamelessly inspected Roddy from head to toe.
Taking in a deep, calming breath, Lanie got up from her seat. She made her way down the steps as gracefully as she had before, trying not to walk to quickly in an effort to not seem as angry-hysterical as she felt. She arrived just in time to overhear
this woman asking Roddy if he worked at the school and to tell her everything. Lanie could easily tell her all she needed to know.
“I’m his wife, and I’m the one who works in this school. That’s all you need to know.” Lanie declared, barging into the conversation with no cares in the world. She took hold of her husband’s arm a little less gently than she would have in normal circumstances, making sure her wedding bands were visible, but these
weren’t normal circumstances. She fixed her sharp, cold blue eyes on Kaitlin, all sweetness from the previous conversation with her husband gone.
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