The more serious Lyn’s tone, the more lighthearted Gemma became. It was like they were on a seesaw with Gemma flying high on the childish axis “Wheeee!” while Lyn banged down heavily onto solid, grown-up ground.If Gemma started to become more serious, would Lyn start to lighten up—or did the seesaw go in only one direction?“Gemma. She’s going to have a criminal record.”“Oh.” Actually Gemma thought there was something rather thrilling about having a criminal record (did Cat have a mug shot?) but that was not the sort of thing you said out loud, especially to Lyn. “How terrible.”“Yes. But anyway. There’s more. She and Dan are separating. He’s leaving her for Angela.”“No!” There was nothing funny about that at all. “But how can he do this now, of all times? She only lost the baby a few days ago!”“Apparently, he was going to wait awhile to tell her, but then Cat found something on a telephone bill. I don’t really know the full story.”“But what if she hadn’t lost the baby?”“He said he was going to stay and try and make it work.”“He makes me ill.”“Me too.”“And how is she?”“I think she’s suffering from depression.
