Passion, Betrayal and Killer Highlights by Kyra Davis

Author:Kyra Davis [Davis, Kyra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2006-06-06T07:00:00+00:00

When I got home I found Leah in front of the television in her new outfit watching an old Sex and the City episode on TBS with Mr. Katz curled around her feet. The shoe box I had picked up earlier was in front of her on the coffee table. She looked up as I entered the room and eyed the overnight bag I had brought back with me.

“That’s mine, isn’t it?”

“I stopped by your house and picked up some more clothes for you and Jack since we were a little rushed last time we were there.” I dropped the bag on the floor and sat down next to her. “I’ve never seen this episode.”

“I’ve never seen any of the episodes,” Leah said. “I read that this show was nothing but a portrayal of gauche, desperate single women complaining about their love lives.”

“Well, I don’t know if it’s gauche, but the rest sounds pretty accurate.”

Leah sighed. “If I had just stayed single I wouldn’t be in this mess. Of course, then I wouldn’t have Jack.”

I nodded and kept my eyes glued to the set. I did love my nephew, despite all his eccentricities. I just wished that I could love him from afar.

Leah pointed her finger at the shoe box. “Where did that come from?”

“Bob’s office. Erika called and asked me to pick it up.” I could hear the contempt in my voice as I pronounced Erika’s name, but if Leah noticed it she didn’t say anything.

“What about that awful picture in that hideous frame?” Leah asked. “That didn’t come from his office, did it?”

“Erika said it was one of his most cherished possessions. She said, and I quote, ‘He could gaze at it all day long.’”

“Ew.” Leah made a face. “We don’t have that many photos of the three of us, but that one is by far the worst. What person in his right mind would even want to look at it, let alone gaze at it?”

“Yeah, well, that’s just what Erika told me. But I don’t think that she’s a slave to honesty.”

Leah leaned forward and poked at the frame. “I bet Cheryl gave him this frame. It’s certainly tacky enough. It must have been for a birthday or something before Bob and I were together because if I had been there when she gave it to him I would have thrown it out.”

My shoulders slumped. I had been hoping that my disparaging remarks about Erika would serve as a natural segue into the conversation about her betrayal, but Leah wasn’t taking my lead. My eyes traveled back to the television. “Why don’t I make us some popcorn and martinis?”

“No thanks.” Leah sighed and turned the TV off with a light tap of the remote. “I don’t think I’m in the mood for this anymore.”

“In that case let’s skip the popcorn and just go straight for the cocktails.”

Leah eyed me warily. “What is it?”

I leaned over and freed my swollen feet from my heeled boots. “What is what?”

“There’s something you want to talk to me about but you’re afraid to bring it up.

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