The Midnight Moon by Gerri Hill

Author:Gerri Hill
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Lesbian, Fiction
ISBN: 9781594934100
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2014-07-22T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Peyton nodded at the appropriate times, trying really, really hard to appear interested in what Margot was telling her. A parking brake didn’t hold, someone tried to keep the car from rolling back by pushing it, messed up their knee, surgery, made a lot of money. Even the guy who had to have surgery made a little. To hear Margot talk, she’d pocketed most of it.

“I love cases like that,” Margot continued. “Easy. Cut and dried. The insurance company had no choice.”

Peyton smiled and nodded politely. “I guess not.” She sipped from her wineglass as Margot launched into another story. It was their second date. Dinner out again. The restaurant was nice, one Peyton had been to before. It turned out Margot was a bit of a wine connoisseur, even speaking French to the waiter as she selected a bottle. At one time, Peyton would have been thoroughly impressed by that. Tonight, though, she felt it was staged and all for show. As Margot continued her monologue, Peyton had to remind herself that she was lucky to be out with Margot. Margot was a dark-haired beauty and considered to be a good catch. She reminded herself that some of her friends were quite jealous that they were dating.

Of course, she wasn’t certain she would call it dating. Their second date came almost a month after their first. And the first had ended with a quick kiss on the cheek, nothing more. In fact, because of that, Peyton had been shocked that Margot had actually called and asked her out again.

“I’d like for you to see it.”

Peyton blinked several times, wondering what it was Margot was talking about. She really needed to pay better attention.

“Of course, I’ll wait until I’m moved in,” Margot said with a quick laugh. “I’ll probably have a small get-together. I spent that much money, I should really show it off.”

Oh. Her new house. The custom-built house that was “fabulous” and “cost a fortune.” The house that had taken nearly a year to complete. Peyton smiled and nodded.

“I’ll look forward to it. It sounds quite remarkable.”

“Oh, it is. I lucked out on the designer too. I was going to go with Wilkes and Bonner,” Margot said. “They’re the biggest in Austin and most of the custom builders use them. But I just didn’t get a good feel when I interviewed them. I went with Jay Burns instead. She’s really talented. And quite attractive,” she said with a laugh. “But her partner owns Montgomery Landscaping. All organic, which is a plus. I ended up using both of them and I couldn’t be happier.”

“Yes, I’ve actually used Montgomery Landscaping myself,” Peyton said.

“Really? Well, maybe you’d like to accompany me to their party.”

“What party?”

“They have a yearly party, a thank-you of sorts, I suppose. They invite their most current clients. I hadn’t heard of it before, but I did some inquiring. Apparently, all the major builders show up.” Margot smiled again. “I feel obligated to go. I mean, I’m so pleased with their work.

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