That’s exactly why I never told him.”
Aubrey looked at Jenny with pain in her eyes.
“I’m sorry, Jenny. I really am. But I’m tired of being played for a fool. I simply can’t do it anymore. I need to fight back.”
“Fine, but pick some other way. Don’t destroy my marriage to get your revenge.”
“I don’t mean to sound cold. But if you never told Tim the truth, that’s your problem.”
Jenny looked at Aubrey, dumbfounded. The ingratitude – after all she’d done for Aubrey.
“If Ethan’s sleeping with Kate, isn’t that your problem? He’s been cheating on you for a decade, and she tumbles into bed with half the men she meets. You act like you’re so shocked. It’s been obvious to everybody for a long time that those two together were trouble.”
A look of horror spread across Aubrey’s face. “You knew?"
Jenny saw she’d made a misstep. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that. I didn’t know. Not exactly.”
“Not exactly? My God, Jenny. You knew, and you didn’t tell me.”
“That’s not what I said. I suspected, that’s all. Can you honestly tell me you didn’t suspect yourself?”
“Why didn’t you warn me?”
“I didn’t want to upset you for something that was just a hunch.”
“Kate betrayed me, you knew about it, and you said nothing. The two of you were my best girlfriends. My roommates. I was supposed to be able to trust you.”
“You can. Me, you can trust. Kate – well.”
“No. You and Kate are alike. You think about number one, both of you. All you care about now is not shaking things up for yourself. Anybody else be damned. Stupid Aubrey be damned.”
“I’ve always been a true friend to you, Aubrey. A lot better than Kate was, though you refused to see it.”
“Better than Kate isn’t saying much, is it? I get it now. Aubrey’s a mess, that’s what you always thought. Being friends with me made you feel better about yourself. Well, I’m not a doormat anymore, so look out.”
Aubrey stalked out, leaving Jenny ashen. A few seconds passed in which she couldn’t seem to catch her breath. She turned on the faucet, wet a paper towel with cold water, and pressed it carefully to her face until she calmed down. She had guests to attend to. She would pull herself together and do what was necessary to stop Kate and Aubrey from ruining her carefully laid plans. Just like in college. The two of them could cry and whine and self-destruct all they wanted. Jenny would keep her wits about her, and triumph in the end.
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