“That’s right. She and Mel had been best friends for a while. It was kind of an odd pairing, but I think Carmen enjoyed the sycophantic aspect of the friendship. Mel is very different from Carmen—sort of socially awkward, very sweet. And earnest. Carmen was . . . well, you know.”
I did indeed. She could be quite cutting, sarcastic, smug, and definitely not awkward in any sense of the word.
“Anyway, something changed with their relationship recently. Something on Carmen’s end. I don’t know what it was, but suddenly Carmen was ignoring Mel’s texts and phone calls and would roll her eyes when talking about her.” He tilted his head to one side and looked worried. “Mel seemed really upset by it. In fact, she came to talk to me about it, but I said that I couldn’t be caught in the middle of it
