Save the Best for Last by Bettye Griffin

Author:Bettye Griffin [Griffin, Bettye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance, Contemporary
Amazon: B002GYWRWM
Publisher: Bunderful Books, LLC
Published: 2009-06-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Morning, Brenda. You’re up early this morning.”

“Good morning, Dexter. I’m just doing a little straightening up, trying to get Genevieve’s old room ready to show a prospective renter this evening. I’d be cutting it too short if I wait until after work.”

“What’s that?” He raised his chin toward the shiny bauble she held in her right hand.

She held out a dark blue stone surrounded by small diamonds that Dexter recognized immediately. “It’s Genevieve’s. She had it on the first time I met her. It’s a sapphire that her father had given her mother. Apparently it must have fallen, and she didn’t hear it hit the carpet. She’s probably frantic if she’s realized it’s missing. I’m going to try calling her right now.”

“I wish you luck,” he said dryly. He’d picked up his cell several times the last few days to call her, only to put it down. There was little point in his calling to inquire how she was doing. He’d served his purpose by marrying her, and he’d accepted her check for his tuition. She’d told him from the very beginning that there would be nothing personal between them. It really hadn’t been fair for him to try to get her to change her mind, just because he wanted her so badly.

She’d call him when the INS got in touch with her, which he knew they would. That game they played on the drive down to the Chesapeake Bay went a long way toward preparing them for being questioned. Until then, he had to respect her wishes and keep his distance. And stop thinking about her.

Now, that was going to be difficult.

“No big deal,” Brenda said cheerfully. “If I can’t reach her I’ll just call Barry. He’ll know how to contact her. She might even be up on the Vineyard with him.”

His neck jerked. “Barry? Who’s that?”

She shrugged. “Her boyfriend, significant other, or whatever. He’s a good friend of my husband’s. They were here for dinner the night before she moved in.” She gazed at the diamond-encrusted pendant in her hand. “It’s a lovely piece of jewelry, isn’t it?”

“Yes,” he said, his voice clipped like a pair of scissors. “Lovely.”

His mind spun like a merry-go-round as he returned to the privacy of his bedroom. Jenny had a boyfriend? It didn’t make sense. If she had a boyfriend, why didn’t she just ask him to marry her? Why did she come to him with her proposition? Something didn’t add up.

And it was a pretty good bet that this man, whoever he was, had everything to do with Jenny’s determination for them to go their separate ways.

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