The Marrying Man by Barbara Bretton

Author:Barbara Bretton [Bretton, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2012-03-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

"Jenny!" Cat stepped in front of her friend and folded her arms across her chest. "Please, I'm begging you. You're not going to leave me alone with him, are you? I thought we were in this together."

"I don't know about you, my friend, but Dawn and I are off to Disney World." Jenny balanced her eighteen month old daughter against her right hip and rummaged through the diaper bag. "I know those plane tickets are in here some place."

"You don't keep your plane tickets in there, do you?" Cat was sloppy but even she had her limits.

"Of course I do." Jenny withdrew the ticket envelope from the zippered compartment. "Except for Dawn, the diaper bag is the one thing I know I won't forget."

Cat couldn't argue with logic like that. No mother could. "Please tell me you got your dates wrong. You leave next Friday, right?"

Jenny met her eyes. "Today, Cat." She waved the tickets at her friend.

"I could've sworn it was next weekend."

"Why would I go next weekend? The crowds are there this weekend."

"Jenny, people don't usually want to go to Disney World when it's crowded."

"It's Dawn's first time. I want her to have the whole Disney experience."

"I'll give you a raise," Cat pleaded, her level of desperation rising. "I'll double your vacation days."

"Throw in Alec Baldwin and you might have yourself a deal."

"Doesn't our friendship count for anything? How can you abandon me in my hour of need?"

Jenny--the wretch--laughed at her pain. "We both know what you need, Cat, and he's waiting for you in the living room even as we speak."

Violent heat flooded Cat's body. "Jenny! What kind of thing is that to say?"

"It's the truth. If I could've captured the sparks flying between the two of you I'd put the electric company out of business."

"I take it back," Cat said. "Go to Disney World. It's obvious you need the rest."

"Opportunities like our cowboy friend don't show up every day, Cat. If you don't rope him in, someone else will."

"Someone else is welcome to him," Cat declared in no uncertain terms. "The only reason he's here is because I intend to prove a point."

Jenny--the wretch--threw back her head and laughed loud and long. "And if you believe that, honey, you're even better at fiction than I thought."

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