Un-Nappily in Love by Trisha R. Thomas

Author:Trisha R. Thomas [Thomas, Trisha R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4299-2789-5
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2010-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

Collector’s Item

Outside Sirena’s bedroom door Leshawn knocked for the third time. “Seriously, you have to eat something.”

“Come in,” Sirena yelled with her face still smashed between the down pillows. Her bed was overflowing with multiple layers of fluff. Fit for a queen. So large she felt lost and all alone most nights. “If that means you gon’ stop talking, bring your ass in here.”

Leshawn carried a tray on her hip and wrangled one side of the double door. “You are so wrong. People can’t be nice to you. People get their feelings hurt when they’re nice to you.”

“The sound of your voice—”

“Irritates you … right. I know. I think it’s a damn hangover, that’s what I think.” She popped the top of the V8 juice bottle, then poured it over ice. “Try it without the vodka, it might make you feel better.”

“Get out.”

“I’m going. But I’m taking this dang phone with me. You sitting up here thinking that man is gon’ leave his wife for you, or some craziness. Unh-unh, I can’t let you go down this road.”

Sirena nearly knocked over the tray raising up to try and grab the phone before Leshawn could take it. Too late. “Give it back.”

“Oh no, cousin dearest. You need an intervention.”

“I have important calls coming. I’m not sitting here waiting to hear from Jay.”

“Yes, you are. That’s why you concocted that craziness about Uncle Larry having a heart attack. Who lies like that on their own parent’s health? And guess what …” She looked at the phone. “He still ain’t called.”

“Get out!” Sirena yelled and winced at the same time. The bottle of aspirin was nearly empty. She poured two in her hand and used the tomato juice to wash them down. Her head felt like someone was playing the drums in the center of her brain.

“This is how you treat your cousin.” Leshawn headed out. “What if Earl calls—remember him? The man you’re engaged to be married to.”

“Tell him I’m asleep. Tell him I’m in Egypt, I don’t really care. But if Jay calls, bring me that damn phone or you gon’ be looking for a job,” Sirena screamed before the door closed, leaving her to her misery. The frustration was what gave her the headache, not the drinks she’d consumed the night before, partying with her girls, Dawn and Gayle. They were celebrating Gayle’s part in a new movie. The girl hadn’t seen no parts of a camera for the past three years. Roles for sistas were far and few between. The very reason no one could understand her tamed mood, laughing and smiling when cued by everyone else, though she was hardly paying attention to the world around her.

She had everything. If being fabulous had its own Wikipedia page, her mug would be sitting front and center.

But no matter how much she shopped and filled her world with the latest bling, she still felt null and void.

Her opportunities were running out. Getting Jake alone in a hotel room was like Mission: Impossible.

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