His hometown friends are hesitant with her, suspicious of her past. What is she doing with Abe, a girl like her, the uptown queen of the society pages? Has she really given up a fortune to be with their friend? Is she playing games?“They’ll come around,” Abe comforts. “In any case, who cares what they think? You’re my girl, not theirs.”They had expected him to marry Corrine, the one Satomi has eclipsed. She is a local girl, after all, known since childhood, highly strung and needy, it’s true, but familiar, one of them. Still, Satomi isn’t putting on any airs. They’ll make the effort for Abe’s sake.Frances, who hadn’t cared much for Corrine, is settling to the idea of Satomi, so when Satomi asks her about Corrine she doesn’t hold back.“ ‘Pretty’ and ‘prissy’ are the words I’d choose.” She laughs. “I guess she knew she would have a hard job hanging on to him.”“How come?”“Oh, well, it’s just my opinion, of course, but it never seemed right to me.
