Over the Line by Sierra Cartwright

Author:Sierra Cartwright
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing
Published: 2013-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“You had a mind-blowing night with a hunky cowboy and you walked away without giving him your phone number? Girl, are you crazy?”

Sydney sighed and threw herself down on the hotel’s couch. Leaundra, one of her two best friends, stood near the French doors that led to the patio and an ocean view. She had a glass of wine in hand and wore an expression of wide-eyed shock.

“Dish,” said Marleen.

The three of them had shared an apartment in college, and they got together once a year to renew their friendship. None of them had changed much. Sydney was the adventurer. Leaundra loved men, shopping and dining out. She’d said she was only going to school to find a man from a rich background and, senior year, she had.

Marleen, a trial lawyer, was the most successful of them all, at least by worldly goods standards. She filled up a second glass of wine with the cheap pink stuff that came from an oversized bottle with a twist-off lid.

Sydney knew the rosé probably wouldn’t be considered wine by connoisseurs, but back then it had been the only thing they could afford. It was sweet and went down easy. They could afford better now, so it was probably more for nostalgic reasons than anything else that they trekked to a liquor store and bought a couple of gallons of this stuff. Their taste, at least in this, hadn’t evolved.

She sat up to accept the glass. “I only came to Miami to hear about Leaundra’s upcoming wedding plans.”

“I haven’t turned into a monster yet. I’ve had enough experience to know what’s worth getting my panties in a wad for.”

True. Leaundra wasn’t thirty yet and this was going to be her third trip down the aisle. At least she’d traded up with each engagement. The rock on her hand tempted Sydney to reach for a pair of sunglasses.

“The worst that has happened to me is his mother dragged me to a cake tasting. One of her friends owns a bakery. But really, green tea flavour for a wedding cake? But I figured what the hell? I’ve had vanilla with butter cream frosting.”

“Last time was red velvet,” Marleen added.

“See?” Leaundra added. “I’ve been traditional and it didn’t work. So green tea it is. At least it’s better than pineapple.”

Marleen and Sydney exchanged glances.

“This is what my life has become,” Leaundra added from her perch of four-inch heels. “Please, I beg you, let me live vicariously through you.”

Obviously getting no reprieve from that quarter, Sydney turned to Marleen. “You’ve always got fantastic stories about perverted judges.”

“You’re not getting out of this,” Marleen said. “Later tonight I’ll tell you about Judge Samuels and what he was wearing under his robe.” She filled her glass and lifted it in mock salute.

Sydney and Leaundra dutifully followed suit. They pretended to clink the glasses together, but all of them moving was too much work.

After a sip, Marleen said, “We want to hear about Mr Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down.”

“There’s not much to tell.

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