Diane was taking to cleaning up. She joined a few groups to help herself clean up. She’s been drug and alcohol-free for a few months. She made new friends. This afternoon, she was in Central Park planting trees for Tu B’Shevat. She even bought a few in Israel. She knows that’s the key place to plant. However, she wanted to help usher in spring in her neighborhood. It is still cold in NYC. But she knew the trees would start to blossom in the spring.
Diane knew she was doing the right thing. She knew Jay was dating someone. She didn’t care. She saw Kari a few weeks ago. She decided she was in the process of becoming a new and better person. Diane wanted nothing to do with Jay. She finally came to terms with the fact that she should have never married him. She does feel bad that in her messed-up days, she and Jay abandoned Jerry in the park. She wished he was still with her. But Diane knows Jerry is in a better place with Anat. She dreamed she’d be ready to meet someone new in a year or so. Diane wondered about motherhood. She sometimes saw Marc and Alana bouncing around the city and their entourage of Tzipora, Jen, Stacey, and Ellen. Stacey and Ellen have not been out much. They were part of Alana’s crew. They were there when she unleashed her powers on the dumb jock in the bar in Alphabet City. They were lucky. That guy was drunk and could have them.
Meanwhile, Kari sat again in her room, brooding over her life. As Morrissey sings, life is long when you’re lonely. That’s probably why she stayed with Jay. He was getting abusive. She was a little bruised. But she figured she’d stay with the loser. There was no one else.
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