Angela

Excerpt from "Angela "

Charlene

"Oh, Charlene!" cried Angela. "I can’t believe I did that! I’ve never double faulted out of a match before. Thank heavens everyone else won." She looked around the court nervously. "Do you see Jack anywhere? I hope he didn’t see it!"

"Angela, calm down," Charlene said. "I’m sure he wasn’t around. Anyway, it’s not the end of the world. Our match was very close, and the team won."

"Please don’t tell Jack," Angela said. "Maybe he won’t find out. Are you sure you didn’t see him?"

"Angela, what is the matter with you? I can’t believe you’re so worried about Jack."

"I just can’t bear it if he scolds me or suggests that Katy take my place again. I’ve been through such a discouraging time in my job hunt. Then there was that terrible party at the Hillsborough Country Club where Isabelle was so nasty to me. Nothing’s been going right. Tennis was my one saving grace and now I’ve messed that up too!" Angela felt tears welling in her eyes. "I’ll have to talk to Jack to set the roster for next week’s match, but I can put that off for a couple of days. I’m going home. Jack may be in the rec room and I just can’t face him yet. If you see him, tell him I’ll call him in a couple of days."

"I think you’re making a big deal out of nothing. Come on, let’s go down to the rec room. You’ll look like a sore loser to the Half Moon Bay team if you don’t show up for after game snacks."

"I just can’t, Charlene. Please make an excuse for me." Angela turned and hurried off the court.

She drove home with tears streaming down her face, feeling very sorry for herself. Although she hoped that the interview tomorrow would turn out well, she felt so depressed that she doubted anything good would ever happen to her again.
 
 

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