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That only plumped her up for more juice in the gossip grapevine at work.
The final straw was being in her office one day. Two women outside her door whispering. They always whispered when it was gossip and she did her best to tune it out even if it meant turning music on or putting her fingers in her ears.
But when she’d heard the name Henry and fatherhood, she put her hand over her mouth to stop her lunch from coming back up.
The reason for the fast exit out of her life and his job made a lot more sense when she’d found that part out.
It didn’t work and she got up from her desk and made a beeline to the bathroom and emptied her stomach.
There were so many lives Henry ruined and in more ways than one. Not just broken hearts but shattered dreams.
But Henry didn’t even care what he did to anyone and only thought of himself so she had to learn to stop caring too.
“Your mother talked them down from it.”
“I’m going to have to tell Mom about this,” she said. It just occurred to her that by telling Violet, who would tell Trace, that their mother would get it out of her brother without him knowing.
Usually by calling him when he was in the middle of writing and was distracted.
“You should,” Violet said. “Especially if it’s someone you went to school with. Do you think your mother knows what happened with his family?”
“I bet she does,” she said. Sage wasn’t sure why that hadn’t occurred to her.
“You’ll be fine. Your mother will be supportive as she only wants you to be happy.”
“I know,” she said. “They are great. Nonna will love it.”
“Speaking of Nonna. She was the one who was going to lead the cavalry to Henry’s. You should know that too.”
Sage started to laugh imagining her grandmother pushing her father and brother out of the way and decking Henry when he opened the door. Good thing her grandmother hadn’t known all the facts of what was really going on at that point. They didn’t find it all out until months later.
“I can just see it,” she said.
“It was funny. I’m glad you can laugh about it now.”
“How come no one told me before?” she asked.
Violet shrugged. “You wanted to put it behind you and then the job offer came from Blossoms. We all hoped it’d work out and then you’d move on.”
“I’m trying to,” she said. “Thanks.”
Violet hugged her. “Let me know when it’s okay to tell your brother.”
She grinned. She knew Violet was good at keeping secrets. No one had known Violet’s true identity here after she’d been living in Mystic for five years. It wasn’t until Trace came to town that the truth came out.
If anyone could keep a secret it was her sister-in-law.
“Can you give me a week or so for another date or two to see if it’s worth bringing it up?”
“Sure,” Violet said. “But the smile on your face says it all when you talk about Knox.”
She shrugged with a big grin, then left to go to Poppy’s office. Rose was already in there.
“Morning, Rose.”
“Morning,” Rose said. “Did Poppy tell you what this was about?”
“No. She just said you both wanted to talk to me.”
