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smiled. “I get what you mean. We’ll find you a beautiful older home. Remind me to show you Aaron’s house. You’ll fall in love with it. C’mon, let’s go in.”
    Karen welcomed Sasha and Mia inside. A large pitcher of iced tea and three glasses sat on the rattan table on the patio. “Let me show you the house, Sasha, then we’ll have some tea before we leave for lunch. I decided on Katzen Kafe. It’s a cute place downtown.”
    “Karen, your home is so beautiful. Will you help pick out a house for me? You have great taste.”
    “Sure, that sounds like fun.” Karen showed Sasha her home and introduced her to Claire. She briefly told Sasha the story Jack concocted of Claire. Sasha shook her head in disbelief. “I can’t understand that man. He’s quite the liar isn’t he?”
    “Um… yeah. Let’s go outside and enjoy that iced tea. I have something to tell you about Jack that will floor you both,” Mia said.
    They made themselves comfortable on the floral cushions covering the chairs. Mia began as Karen poured iced tea.
    “You guys remember me telling you how someone stole my spare house key, right?”
    “Yep,” Karen said, as she stirred a teaspoon of sugar into her tea.
    “Then we thought it was Jack so we got the spy cam just a few days ago.
    “Right.”
    “It was Jack.”
    “What!” they yelled, simultaneously.
    “Well, you know Aaron has been staying with me because somebody was using the spare key to come in when I walked Reggie. They had to be watching the house to know when I left.
    Anyway, this morning when I walked Reggie, Jack actually came in while Aaron was there. He assumed the house was empty because I just left, and Aaron’s car was hidden in the garage. They had a scuffle in the foyer, but Aaron was able to corner Jack against the wall. Aaron called the police just before I got back to the house. The cops took Jack away. I filed charges against him for trespassing, plus I filed for an order of protection.”
    “Oh my God. You’re okay, right?”
    “Yeah, we’re fine. I’m really relieved this is over though. You two shouldn’t worry about Jack, since he has no idea where you guys live. Plus this might be a good lesson for him to move on and leave all of us alone.”
    “Amen to that. I wonder if Jack had a plan, sneaking in like that.”
    “Who knows, Karen, I can’t picture him being physically violent. His job meant everything to him, so I couldn’t say for sure. Anyway, it’s over and done with. I just wanted to tell you guys. I’ll keep you posted on everything that goes on with this. I mean, even though we’re still married, the house has always been in my name only. I gave him fair warning that we were over, not to come back, and I was changing the locks. So I’m pretty sure the trespassing charges will stick.”
    “Thanks, Mia, I’m so happy Jack is out of our lives. Do you think there’s some nice guys in Tarrytown I might meet someday?” Sasha asked.
    “Of course, hon. Aaron has nice friends, plus some of the business owner’s downtown are single. Tarrytown is a great place to live and raise a family, if that’s your plan.”
    “Oh, it is… eventually. Should we go have lunch?”
    “Yeah, let’s go,” Karen said.
    ***
    Mia stopped at the camera shop on her way home. The police returned the spare key to her, so she wanted to make sure it was in Aaron’s trusting hands.
    “How was lunch with the girls?”
    “It was good. I had to tell them about Jack. I could tell by the look on their faces they were relieved he was caught. I hope this situation will make him think twice about doing something so stupid again. Anyway, here’s the spare key. It’s the only one, and you should keep it.”
    “Thanks, honey. Does that mean I’m welcome anytime?”
    “Of course it does, as long as you don’t sneak up on me.”
    “I promise I won’t. I’ll be over after work. I can pick something up at the grocery store if you want me to.”
    Mia laughed.