âI donât want to disrupt your workflow,â Maggie replied with a gentle smile.
âYouâre not disrupting anything,â Rosalynn assured her.
âIndeed, letâs continue our conversation,â Karina chimed in.
âAlright.
â
Truth be told, Maggie wasnât quite ready to depart just yet.
âDid you hear about Sanfordâs engagement, Maggie?â Rosalynn inquired, seamlessly transitioning to personal matters after wrapping their professional discussion.
Maggieâs fingers curled slightly as she nodded, averting her gaze.
âYes, I heard.
â
Rosalynnâs eyes glimmered with curiosity.
âDid you catch wind of the news?â
Had she been keeping tabs on Sanfordâs affairs all along?
âNo, Karl filled me in,â Maggie responded, shaking her head.
Since relocating overseas, she made a conscious effort to steer clear of domestic news, aiming to distance herself from Sanford, save for maintaining contact with her younger brother.
She feared losing control over her emotions and succumbing to the urge to return secretly.
âSo, are you planning to forge your career abroad?â Karina inquired.
âI might stay in Skrix for a long time,â Maggie confided.
Rosalynn and Karina exchanged looks, eager to hear more.
âKaliyah is opening a branch here and wants me as the head designer.
If the business does well, she might make me a shareholder,â Maggie continued.
âThatâs great.
Iâll be here for the whole year too.
Looks like weâll be seeing a lot more of each other,â Rosalynn chirped, pleased by the news.
Finally loosening up, Maggie quipped, âI heard youâve reunited with your family.
Iâm really happy for you, Rosalynn.
â
Maggie had always admired Rosalynn and believed she deserved nothing but a good life and everlasting happiness.
Their catch-up session went on for hours, with Maggie spilling the tea on why she left and Rosalynn sharing the drama that unfolded on Sanfordâs engagement day.
As Maggie listened to Rosalynnâs story, she unconsciously fiddled with her fingers.
ALL Sanford did was to stand up for her, but it had left a bittersweet taste, hadnât it.
It seemed they were two parallel Lines, destined to never come together.
Just then, Rosalynnâs phone rang with a call from Brian.