LUNCH AT THE ROYCE
By
T. Chester Harrington
ACT 1 – Scene 1
Wednesday like every other day for the past five years started with the routine of getting the housekeeper situated with her list of “to do” chores, feeding the pets and making telephone calls. This day, unlike the other six, involved doing a days work in a few hours and then rushing to be on time for a standing 12:30 PM lunch appointment with Karen, Beverly’s closest friend.
From the day they arrived in Corpus Christie, Texas, following her husbands transfer, Beverly was unhappy but pretended to be a loyal corporate wife of a busy of an upwardly mobile executive, who unlike her, felt the need to relocate at the whim of his Company’s President as an integral step up the corporate ladder.