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GLENDA'S POV

Elsa's explosion caused me to spill tea on my dress.

"Jeez! Elsa!" I exclaimed, wiping the hot liquid off my dress. My skin burned underneath the dress. I raised my eyes in shock to observe Elsa. "What was that about?"

She seemed to slowly collect herself. "Uhm.. I.. I mean… But Brian deceived you." Her tone was heavy with agitation or maybe I imagined it.

"And I said we talked things out and we are good. He said it was a mistake."

"He told you that?" She asked incredulously.

"Yes." I observed her for a moment. She seemed distant, brooding. "Why are you finding it so difficult to believe that Brian and I got back together?" I asked. Her demeanor was out of place and something else. I thought for a moment of the right words to describe how Elsa was acting - suspicious. That's the word! Elsa was acting suspiciously.

"No. It's just… Well, I didn't think he would ever go back to you after…"

"After what?" I interrupted her, my impatience got the better of me.

"Never mind Glend