Cara held onto her for a moment longer, then pulled away. Sabrina gasped in shock as she registered Cara’s countenance. Cara’s eyes were bloodshot and puffy, as though she had been crying for hours. “Cara, what’s wrong?” The younger Montrouge sister stood there, eyes threatening to spill tears again as she replied in a somber tone, “Bruce and I broke up.” Sabrina pulled Cara into another embrace, not wanting to say anything insensitive or stupid, so she simply said, “I’m so sorry.” “So am I! Oh, Sabrina. After three years together, it’s over. Just like that! I thought we had a commitment! I thought he was getting ready to propose to me!” Cara raved as the tears flowed down her blotchy face. “Cara, what happened?” Sabrina asked, taking her sister by the hand to sit on the divan together. “Bruce decided to do some pro bono work in Nairobi. As in Nairobi, Kenya! He got some grant to live there. The jerk applied for the grant last year without even telling me! He just announced his decision last week and expected me to go along with him. He wants me to just pick up and leave my whole life here in New York. How could he make me choose like that?” “You wouldn’t consider going there? I mean, it can’t be a permanent thing.”“No, it’s not permanent, but it’s long enough. It’s for two years!”
