"Great! You two are just great! My ex-boyfriend, a man I once loved, and my best friend... On my 28th birthday, you've taught me a very vivid lesson and given me the best gift ever!"
Joan Shaw roared, overcome with emotion. In that moment, she felt like every ounce of dignity she had amassed in her twenty-eight years had been trampled into nothing.
The whispers of the onlookers seemed to mock her for her incompetence.
Her career had been going downhill for years, and now her only boyfriend had been stolen by her best friend.
"What are you looking at? Never seen a couple in love before? Scram!" Seeing the gawking crowd, Donovan Hale finally snapped to his senses, grabbing a nearby bath towel to cover himself and Nola Lane.
As he carried Nola out of the bathroom, his eyes fell on Joan Shaw. Finding her an eyesore, he snapped unkindly, "You, get lost too!"
