A Christmas Prayer by Roby Kimberla Lawson

Author:Roby, Kimberla Lawson [Roby, Kimberla Lawson]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2014-10-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Alexis forced her eyes open, but in all honesty, she dreaded facing another day. She wasn’t in the mood, but she sat up anyway to check her phones. She only did it, though, in case Courtney had tried to contact her. Alexis wasn’t sure how Courtney would be able to, since she no longer had her cell phone, but there was a chance she might use someone else’s if she needed Alexis. However, after checking the caller ID screens on both her home phone and her smartphone, she saw nothing. Not a single person had called her. Finally, she checked her email and saw that Tracey needed answers to a few questions, and that she’d also sent information on two new speaking engagement requests. Tracey was truly amazing and had been such a godsend for seven years. She had a full-time job working as a marketing specialist, but she still worked part-time for Alexis. She was also a great friend, someone with a truly kind heart, and Alexis wasn’t sure what she would do without her.

Alexis sat on the side of her bed, thinking about the day before, and it wasn’t long before she thought about Chase and their breakup. It almost didn’t seem real, but Alexis knew it was very real, because she had been the one to end it. He hadn’t dropped by to get his ring, but if he didn’t come pick it up by early next week, she would take it to his office and leave it with his executive assistant. He also had several pieces of clothing in her closet, but instead of taking those to his place of business, she would mail them to his home. It was funny how quickly and drastically life could change. One minute she’d been happily engaged to one of the most eligible bachelors in town, and the next, she’d become miserably single. It was just the way things tended to work out for her these days, so she shouldn’t have been surprised.

Then, adding insult to injury, Alexis thought about Courtney and her run-in with Sabrina and Melvin again. She knew they were Courtney’s parents, and that she didn’t have a lot of say-so in the way they were raising Courtney, but she couldn’t help worrying about the kind of life they were subjecting her to. It was so unfair to Courtney, and she hadn’t asked to be treated this way. She also hadn’t asked for a mother who basically had done nothing except party from the time her daughter had been born. Sabrina would leave Courtney with their mom to babysit, and there were times when she hadn’t come back for days. She would leave and act as though she didn’t have a child, and that had always annoyed Alexis. Their mother hadn’t done much complaining, but Alexis had felt that Sabrina should have spent a lot more time with Courtney. She’d also thought that if Sabrina didn’t want to take care of her own daughter, she could have at least given their mom a break sometimes and allowed Alexis to keep her.

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