The Event

Emmie Frothingham here. There's a reason I left my hometown of Creek Water, Missouri, as soon as humanly possible. That reason is small-minded, judgmental people who wouldn't know the truth if it was coughed up on them like an errant furball.

After graduating from college, I got my dream job in New York City where I was head buyer at Silver Spoons--a high-end kitchenware boutique. My life was ideal, until the night of the event. I speak of my company's annual awards ball at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Nerves, plus too much tequila, resulted in a scene that pretty much ended my big-city career. My wild night is the reason I had to move home to Creek Water. I will now be directly in the sights of the gossipy country club harpies who drove me away in the first place. Good times.

But who knows--now that I'm grown up, maybe I can make peace with my past. I might even have a second chance with Josh.

All I know is I'm going to do my best to get my life together and stop caring what my critics have to say about me.

Wish me luck.