Out of Practice by Carsen Taite

Author:Carsen Taite [Taite, Carsen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635553604
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2019-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

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Abby gave the valet a generous tip and roared her engine out of the parking lot. Instead of smoothing things over as Grace had suggested, she feared she’d only stirred things up not just between her and Roxanne, but internally as well. Sitting across from Roxanne without completely lapsing back into vacation mode had been hard enough, but watching Roxanne stalk off was even harder.

And Roxanne’s reaction to her declaration that she never planned to marry? She’d practically deflated. Seriously? What was it with everyone being so sappy about weddings? People like Roxanne pumped up everyone’s expectations, and no good could come of that. Did she really buy into the hype?

If she did, then they were better off not getting involved. Too bad, since Abby had held out hope when things were going so well at dinner that maybe they could resume vacation mode back here in the states.

When she got home, she parked in the garage and wandered into her condo. Even though it had been months since she’d moved from Dallas, she still hadn’t quite finished unpacking except for the important stuff like her books and her clothes. She poured a glass of pinot noir and wandered over to her bookshelf where she found the book she’d abandoned reading in PV in favor of real life romance. Sure enough, Roxanne had scrawled a number and her name on Azure stationery and left it with the bookmark in what should’ve been a prominent, easy to find location. Underneath, she’d written “just in case.” Now it seemed like an afterthought, a souvenir of a wonderful time that was over and done, leaving only a hazy memory in its wake.

She shoved the book back onto the case and flicked on the TV. She needed something to distract her thoughts. Something to fill the void. What she found was way more than she bargained for.

“The Bride’s Best Friend and local lawyer clash, but is their heat full of anger or sparks signaling something more? Turning now to our correspondent in the field for her take on the altercation at the offices of Campbell, Keane, and Maldonado early today.”

Abby watched as the reporter gave a blow-by-blow of the scene outside her office this morning followed by an interview with the BBF herself where Roxanne talked about how important getting the perfect dress was to the brides-to-be assembled in protest. Pretty one-sided stuff.

Damn. She’d really blown it by not taking better advantage of the opportunity to spin the situation for her client. The twins likely didn’t care, since they just wanted out from under the crushing debt of Barclay’s, but this was Tommy’s world. As much as she didn’t care about wedding stuff, he did, and it was her job to protect his interests.

Abby considered calling the reporter to see if she could get her own exclusive, but she was kind of annoyed the reporter hadn’t reached out to her in the first place, which indicated she had her own angle to spin.

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