Love in Play by Zuri Day

Author:Zuri Day
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2011-12-06T05:00:00+00:00

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Until now, Dominique hadn’t realized this awful truth: weekends sucked. Even though she was pretty much caught up, she buried herself in work on Saturday and, after Anita picked up Justin, accepted a dinner invitation from a casual friend, a colleague who worked at another magazine, just to not be sitting at home alone and lonely on Saturday night.

By Sunday, she’d run out of busywork. She called Anita and found out that Faith and Aaron had taken the boys to Knotts Berry Farm and not only that, were planning to bring Justin home after their outing. This took away the one time-consuming task Dominique had to look forward to... driving to Inglewood to pick up her son. After doing several activities that were totally unlike her, including reading the LA Times online and watching a movie on Lifetime, Dominique was ready to climb the walls. It was three o’clock, and a rumbling stomach reminded her that she’d only had a bagel, an apple, and a glass of juice all day. Dominique went downstairs and looked in the fridge. Nothing there to spark her interest. She browsed through the half dozen takeout menus in one of the kitchen drawers. None of the cultures represented—from Italian to Chinese, Indian to Mexican—sounded good. Maybe it’s because I’ve been eating out all week, Dominique decided. Maybe I’ll go to the store and get the makings for a nice, big, healthy salad. The sound of Justin’s voice immediately popped into her head. “Coach says there should always be something green, yellow, and orange on your plate.” When it came to her son’s nutrition, Dominique had tried to do better, and Tessa was a big help. Still, she’d be the first person to admit that there was still a considerable distance between herself and Suzy Homemaker.

Fifteen minutes later, Dominique pulled into the Whole Foods parking lot. She got a cart and entered the store, heading for the organic produce aisle. After placing salad fixings in her basket, she browsed the lane, picking up veggies she’d never heard of and fresh herbs which, to her knowledge, she’d never tried. After deciding on a bleu cheese dressing that would probably not meet with the approval of Justin’s coach, Dominique was on her way to get croutons and a few more items when she heard her name.

“Dominique?”

She turned and saw a woman that looked vaguely familiar. “Hello.”

“I’m Kathy, Travis’s mom. We met a couple weeks ago when your son came over for pizza.”

“Of course,” Dominique replied, smiling as she wheeled her cart back to where Kathy was standing. “How are you doing?”

“Great,” Kathy said. “Especially since I have the house all to myself. Travis and his dad are in Oakland, and my parents picked up Sarah for a day at the beach. It’s been so long since I’ve had ‘me’ time that I hardly know what to do!”

“So Travis went to Oakland for the Raiders game? You didn’t have any qualms about letting your son take the trip?”

“Why would

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