Not Quite Crazy by Catherine Bybee

Author:Catherine Bybee [Bybee, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503951730
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-03-05T16:00:00+00:00

By Friday the snow had melted to a few inches, and taking the train was no longer a requirement to make it into work on time. And since Rachel had promised Julie she would join her for a girls’ night out after work, there wasn’t a choice about driving into the city.

“You sure you’ll be okay?” she quizzed Owen while he was eating breakfast before she left Friday morning.

“Geez, Rachel. I’m fifteen, not five. I’m going to the football game, just like always. I won’t miss you not being here.”

She held her little black dress in a garment bag. A small makeup kit was shoved in her purse. “I won’t be too late.”

“Take your time. It isn’t like you ever do this kind of thing.”

“Okay.” She picked up the boots she would wear out, and filled the back seat of her car with everything she needed.

It was a typical Friday at work, with people peeling away early to get a jump on the weekend.

Gerald told Rachel and Julie to leave early once he got wind of their evening plans. By five fifteen Rachel was standing in Julie’s apartment down in the Meatpacking District, pulling her little black dress over her head.

“I heard the apartments in New York were small, but holy cow,” Rachel told her friend.

“If I went bigger, I’d need a roommate. Been there, done that, lost my computer and my stash of cash when she moved out.”

“Really?”

“Before Tricia, there were four of us in a two-bedroom flat, a big loft that we partitioned off to give us our private space. Damon kept bringing his boyfriend over, and listening to the two of them go at it every night killed it for me. So I live in a glorified closet with a kitchen I never really cook in.”

“Sounds reasonable to me.”

Rachel adjusted her dress, glanced at her profile in the mirror mounted to the back of the bathroom door. “I honestly don’t remember the last time I dressed to go out.”

Julie tucked her head around the corner and looked at her. “If I had your boobs, I’d rock that dress every day.”

She looked down, wasn’t unhappy with her cleavage. “They’re not that big.”

Julie moved to stand beside her, stuck out her chest. “This is what it’s like to be hit with the Korean gene.”

“Maybe a push-up bra?” Rachel suggested.

“This is a push-up bra.”

Oops . . . “How about a boyfriend that will buy you a pair?”

They both laughed. “Someday.”

Rachel tucked beside her in the bathroom to fix her hair. She’d given it little thought after winter set in. Wearing a beanie or muffs over her ears had become the norm, which meant teasing her hair to some kind of perfection never happened.

Julie groaned and took the pale pink lipstick out of Rachel’s hand. “Tonight is a red night.”

“It is?”

“Yep, here.” From a never-ending drawer of makeup, Julie unearthed a shade of red Rachel wouldn’t have thought to buy. She had to admit, once it was on, it worked.

By six they were headed out the door.

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