Dionne Warwick was letting her down.
For one solid year
Stephanie very successfully had been using Dionne Warwick’s signature song as a
mantra, a incantation to ward off the evil that had plagued her since high
school, all through college and even now into her ...God help her!....her mid--all right, all right!--late thirties. So, why was Dionne failing her now? Oh, but
she knew perfectly well why.
“What do you get when you fall in love? A guy with a pin to burst your bubble. That’s
what you get, for all your trouble. I'll never fall in love again. ”
It had worked every time. All she had to do is sing along
with Dionne and remember Chad, Tim, Jeff, Henry and especially Darren, the
little weasel! And miraculously she would be safe, her heart would be still and
she could concentrate on the important things in life, her friends, her family
and her very successful career as an advertising genius.
