In Firm Pursuit by Pamela Samuels Young

Author:Pamela Samuels Young [Young, Pamela Samuels]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780989293570
Publisher: Goldman House Publishing
Published: 2013-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 44

Jefferson pulled his Toyota Tundra into the parking lot of the Residence Inn, squeezed into a space intended for a compact and turned off the engine. He hung his head and massaged the back of his neck. He was not happy about this impromptu visit from his wife and her busy-body of a friend. He was already under enough stress with the project behind schedule.

The next couple of days would be all about playing it cool, he told himself. He just had to make sure Vernetta and Special headed back to L.A. without having another face-to-face with LaKeesha.

After their talk at the Thai Palace, LaKeesha hadn’t tripped, but the female species was unpredictable. The girl could easily flip out and say something crazy to his wife. He could tell she had been just as uncomfortable in Vernetta’s presence as he had been. He gathered that from her refusal to make eye contact with him and the fact that she left two hours before her quitting time. He was just glad LaKeesha had had the good sense to leave.

Jefferson climbed out of the truck and made his way toward the stairwell leading to the second floor. As he lethargically mounted the stairs, his feet felt heavier with each step. After Special’s attempted inquisition, he knew he could expect more of the same from Vernetta. Unlike Special, Vernetta was not one to immediately move in for the kill. She liked to let things percolate, then pounce on him just when he thought everything was cool.

In retrospect, it had been a pretty stupid idea to call Vernetta in the middle of the night and quiz her about sexual harassment law. His wife was a lawyer. Of course his questions would send her suspicious mind spinning. For her to tear down here the very next day meant she definitely suspected that something was up between him and LaKeesha.

Jefferson paused at the top of the second-floor landing. The armpits of his T-shirt were soaked with perspiration. It was a few minutes after eight and almost sixty degrees, yet he was sweating as if he had just walked out of a sauna. He had to get it together before facing Vernetta.

He had already decided that he would admit to nothing and pray his wife did not see through him. Like his mother, Vernetta was a human lie detector machine where he was concerned. Both women could look him in the eye and tell when he was lying before the words even escaped his lips. But not this time. There was simply too much at stake.

The closer Jefferson got to his room the shorter his steps became. He did not like the idea of lying to Vernetta, at least not about anything important. But there was no way he could explain what had gone down with LaKeesha and expect Vernetta to be reasonable about it. Vernetta saw the world in very precise terms. Black and white. Good and bad. Right and wrong. What he had done would be nothing short of adultery in her eyes.

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