Karen bit her lip, holding in whatever negative comments she had about the guy, and simply nodded instead.
When Sherry called him an hour later, she made it sound like she had come to the realization that she would never be good enough for him. That pompous asshole just accepted it at face value, never suspecting that she might have found someone better than him. It did illustrate for me and my sister why she had wanted to be with him, though.
"I thought I was ready for the kind of mature relationship I knew we'd have together," Sherry said, sighing sadly. "I just guess I'm not really ready for that kind of relationship yet."
"Oh, well," Darren replied breezily. "Maybe you'll get there eventually."
There was no sadness in his voice, no sense of loss. Darren sounded certain that he woul
