Another Jealous Girlfriend
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Scott was
sound asleep when the phone rang.
"Are you
awake?" Jolene shouted. Scott mumbled something. How could he still be asleep,
she asked. It was almost noon. He told her that he hadn't gone to sleep until 6
a.m. Jolene told him to get up, and come pick her up. They had to go to the
store to return the birthday gift he had given her.
It was a
tangerine plant. The leaves were curling up. It was going to die, she said.
"Curling leaves means the plant is going to die?" Scott asked. Of course, she
told him.
"Look,
honey," he asked, "let me go back to sleep for one hour, okay? Then I'll come
pick you up." Jolene wondered why he needed one hour. Was he expecting a phone
call from his ex-girlfriend? No, he patiently tried to explain, he just wanted
to get another hour of sleep.
But he
could not sleep anymore. Once Jolene mentioned anything about Amy, he'd better
get over there quickly. Scott broke up with Amy five years ago. Now they were
just friends. But, Amy still loved him. That wasn't a problem for Scott, until
Jolene found out about it. If Amy still loved Scott, Jolene figured that they
just might get back together.
She can
recognize a dying plant but not a dead love affair, Scott grumbled as he rolled
out of bed.
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