Summer Fling

by Jean Copeland

  The table erupted into screams and exaltations.

  “We wouldn’t miss it for the world,” Kate said.

  Everyone jumped up and showered the brides in additional hugs and kisses at the news. As Jordan and Rhea continued congratulating Viv and Maia, Didi led Kate aside.

  “In case you weren’t aware, I’ve returned to my roots of meddling in people’s love lives, but only for one night.”

  “You’re responsible for booking the special musical guest?”

  Didi buffed her nails on her chest. “Duh.”

  Kate threw her arm around her and led her toward the bar. “You’re going to be gloating about this for years to come, aren’t you?”

  “Decades,” Didi said.

  After the bartender handed them two cosmos, they turned to the table where their friends and lovers were immersed in raucous celebration and clinked their glasses together.

  “Here’s to meddling friends and summer flings,” Kate said with a grin.

  About the Author

  Jean Copeland is a writer and English/language arts teacher at an alternative high school in Connecticut. Taking a chance on a second career in her thirties, Jean graduated summa cum laude from Southern Connecticut State University with a BS in English education and an MS in English/creative writing. She has published numerous short fiction and essays online and in print anthologies. In addition to the thrill of watching her students discover their talents in creative writing and poetry, she enjoys the escape of writing, summer decompression by the shore, and good wine and conversation with friends. Organ donation and shelter animal adoption are causes dear to her heart.

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