His Sexy Bad Habit by Cheris Hodges

Author:Cheris Hodges [Hodges, Cheris]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: United States, Romance, African American, Literature & Fiction
ISBN: 9780758268044
Google: b7fb_Bj8ZfYC
Amazon: B0046ZRW38
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2011-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Serena should’ve known that not showing up at the restaurant after a few hours meant she was going to receive a visit from her girls. So, when the doorbell rang at five after two, she knew who was there.

She opened the door and Kandace, Alicia, and Jade walked in with food from the restaurant, courtesy of the Devon Harris Show.

“What’s going on?” Alicia asked as they bum-rushed Serena.

“I’m just a little tired,” she lied.

“No, you’re not,” Jade said. “Yesterday, you were happy until your cell phone started ringing.”

“And then you tossed out those roses,” Kandace said.

Serena shot her a look that meant you talk too much.

“Who is Emerson?” Alicia asked as she began unpacking the food.

Serena grabbed Alicia’s hand. “Look, ladies, I appreciate the lunch, but there is no need for your intervention. I’m fine.”

Jade rolled her eyes at Serena and headed to the kitchen to get ice and glasses for the fresh brewed tea she’d brought along with her.

“Serena, you’re not fine. If you were, you would’ve come back to the restaurant to flirt with Antonio,” Kandace said. “After everything we’ve been through, we’re going to head this problem off before things get out of hand again.”

“Don’t you think you should be with your husband instead of here?” Serena asked.

“My husband understands that I need to find out what’s going on with you,” Kandace replied. “Besides, he’s meeting with James about some property.”

“Great, so I’m stuck with you all for how long?” Serena asked as she pulled her oversized throw pillows from the sofa and placed them around the table. When they were students at Spelman, the four women would get together and lament their love lives with Japanese food and sake. They’d sit on the floor and eat and drink until they felt they’d solved their problems.

Serena didn’t have time for that kind of sentiment today. “Guys, please, I have some things I need to take care of, so can we just eat?”

“No,” Alicia said. “You’re going to tell us what’s going on.”

Serena sighed as she watched Kandace pile her plate with jasmine rice and green peas. She’d never told her friends about her life in L.A.

After graduation, they’d all tried to live their dreams. Kandace had gone off to graduate school in Wisconsin, Alicia and Jade had stayed in Atlanta. Alicia took an internship with an event planning company. Jade became a CPA and fell in love with the wrong man. Serena had gone to L.A.

When Jade returned to the living room with a tray of glasses, Serena knew she had to come clean. She sat down and looked at her friends as they focused on her. “Well,” Serena began. “Emerson Bradford is a movie director. We met in L.A.”

“Wait,” Alicia said. “The Emerson Bradford who was hot stuff a few years back? What was the name of that movie?”

“Umm, it was done around the time of Love Jones and The Best Man,” Jade interjected.

“Something about Summer,” Kandace chimed in.” Hot Summer or something like that.”

“Sultry Summer,” Serena said.

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