Emma turned and walked down the lane towards her house. She was upset at herself for saying what she did but she was more upset at Gary for putting up with Marlene's abuse. He was better than that! He also didn't have to be so pigheaded about Todd!
She cast another look over her shoulder to see the tail lights of Gary's truck disappear in the distance before she went inside.
*****
Monaghan's was busy as the prom was only a day away and all hands were on duty preparing the corsages. Helen Monaghan, who ran the family business now, promised Gary that she'd prepared a special wrist corsage for his date. He was in her office reviewing the latest entries in her books.
Gary smiled at the woman who sat across the desk from him. "You've really got a handle on it now. I see no mistakes at all i
