-You Broke the Pool!-

The other riders in the carpool can't figure out why one office assistant cancelled for good, but I can.

She's frequently late to the morning pick-up point, and one day it cost her. We pulled around the block and spotted her in front of her apartment, "saying goodbye" to her "friend."

We didn't mind, but she did. She's still smarting from her divorce and the trouble it caused within her traditional family. None of us are likely to encounter her relatives, but we were not meant to know what she did after quitting time - the collision of public and private selves is enough to break a pool.