Society Wives by Renee Flagler

Author:Renee Flagler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brown Girls Publishing

Chapter 28

Ryan

“Hey. How’s the movie going?” Ryan tried to sound cheerful, despite the turmoil that she’d been wrangling with since the day she saw Anderson in the restaurant with that other woman.

“Awe, babe! Things are great! We should be wrapping up here in another week or so.”

“A friend of mine called me yesterday. She thought she saw you having lunch at Tao the other day. I told her you’ve been out of town shooting a movie for weeks. She could have sworn it was you, but I told her that was impossible. Funny, huh?”

“Yeah. Funny.” The line went mute for a few seconds. “Listen babe, I need to run. You know how it is here on the set—it never stops. I’ll call you later tonight when I get back to the hotel.”

“Sure.” He gave her exactly what she expected—nothing! He’d never admit to his affairs and still believed that she was clueless.

“Later, babe.” Anderson hung up without giving Ryan a chance to say goodbye.

Ryan sat at the edge of her bed, still holding the phone. She knew her attempt at trying to get him to say he was in New York was lame. She didn’t really expect him to confess. Actually she wasn’t sure what she expected. She could only imagine what he would have done if she had approached him in that restaurant—especially when she wasn’t supposed to be in the city.

Ryan wrapped her arms around herself, suddenly feeling a chill. Maybe the baby would make her stronger. After her visit with the doctor yesterday, she had a good feeling about the pregnancy, but she would still wait to see how things went before she told Anderson. Most likely, it would be rough and she’d have to spend a good portion of her second and last trimester on bed rest. But she was willing to do whatever she had to do. All she needed was one child—for so many reasons.

Ryan decided that the one person she would tell would be her mother. She dialed her number.

“Hello!” Frannie’s greeting sounded rushed as if Ryan caught her in the middle of something.

“Hey, Ma.”

“What’s up, honey?”

“I’m pregnant.” Ryan decided not to waste any time.

“For real this time?” Frannie teased.

“Ma!”

“Hey! We’ve been here before—several times! I gotta ask these things.”

“I was pregnant all the other times. Those times just didn’t go well.”

“Did you go to the doctor yet? What did she say?”

“So far things look good and that I will probably be on bed rest to make sure it all goes well.”

“How far are you?”

“Around two months.”

“You didn’t waste any time getting back in the sack. What did he say?”

“I haven’t told him yet.”

“Oh. Well, honey, I gotta go. I’ll come by tomorrow and we can do lunch.”

“Okay. I’ll see you then. Oh! Are you coming with me to Pearson’s benefit this year?”

“That fancy smancy benefit she does every spring—hell yeah. I got to meet that cute, famous jazz player last time. Not to mention, I tossed a few of those huge shrimp in my purse and enjoyed them the next day.

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