Lady Jasmine: A Novel by Victoria Christopher Murray

Author:Victoria Christopher Murray [Murray, Victoria Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Fiction, Christian, Bush; Jasmine Larson (Fictitious Character), Christian Life, New York (N.Y.), Women's Issues, General, Romance, Religion, Christian Women, African American women, African American, Fiction, Religious, Love Stories
ISBN: 9781416589174
Google: KD1BngEACAAJ
Amazon: B003E7ESZY
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 2009-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

Jasmine’s eyes were wide open as Hosea’s snores rang in her ear. It had been a bit more than an hour since they’d gone to bed. But now, Jasmine was sure that she could move.

Slowly, she slid her leg from between his, paused, then gently slipped from beneath his arm. Even though she barely breathed as she moved, she sat on the edge of the bed and waited a moment before she grabbed her robe from the recliner, wrapped herself in the silk, then tiptoed across the apartment to the room they used as an office.

Even though the meeting with Detective Foxx was heavy on her mind, she couldn’t be sidetracked—especially since Hosea refused to resign. The blackmailer was still looming, and she had to work her plan.

As she waited for the computer to boot up, her mind was already working on the lie she’d tell Hosea if he woke up. Her story would be that she couldn’t sleep. That the text message and the meeting with Detective Foxx had her on edge. At least her lie was 90 percent truth.

She clicked onto the Internet and created a new Yahoo! account. She had all the fake information ready. Name: Mariah Carter—hoping that a name similar to the singer’s might conjure up good images. Birth date: September 9, 1982—what better age than almost twenty-five? Next, she created a password and then signed on.

She started with Pastor Wyatt, since he was the married one and men with wives were always the easiest to trap.

Pastor Wyatt: I wanted to send you an e-mail to let you know that I admire you so much. I think your sermons are beyond wonderful. I come to City of Lights every Sunday just to see you. You are an amazing man and I hope… Jasmine stopped. Changed “hope” to pray that you’ll e-mail me back, not that I want anything. All I want is to know that you got my e-mail and that you know that you’re appreciated. Peace and love, Mariah Carter.

She read the e-mail again before she pressed Send. Then, she typed an e-mail with a few changes to Jerome Viceroy. She wasn’t sure what she expected to get from him, since he was single. But men did all kinds of things when it came to sex and women. This was just phase one—tossing it out to see what would come back.

Her plan had been to sign off, go back to bed, and hope that by morning, her fish would have taken a bite. But she knew she wouldn’t be able to sleep.

She glanced at the clock. It was after three. Surely neither of these men would be up at this time, lurking through cyberspace.

Still, she sat and sat. And she waited and waited.

Just sat and waited for something to happen.

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