Diva Diaries by Janine A. Morris

Author:Janine A. Morris
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2012-01-23T22:00:00+00:00

51

Up-Close and Personal

She never came back to the phone, just as Chrasey thought. She hung up after a few minutes and tried Keith herself—there was no answer. She called three times, then called his mother’s house and still didn’t get him. She even called Lourdes back later in the evening, and she didn’t answer. Chrasey barely slept that night, wondering if he was staying with her. She was sure Lourdes would tell him Chrasey called, and she was upset that he hadn’t called to defend himself.

It was Monday morning and Chrasey had already made up her mind that since he wasn’t taking her calls, she would be stopping by his job. She dropped the kids off at school as usual and headed in to the city. She got to his job, parked in a parking garage, and went to the visitor’s desk and signed in. Once she reached his floor, she walked past all the offices and secretaries that were on the way to his office. It was still early in the morning, and she could tell people questioned who she was or what she was doing there. A co-worker or two whom she had met recognized her and their faces lit up with shock. She didn’t even say hello, she just kept walking. She reached his office on the back wall, and he was sitting in there with someone. She stood there and gave him a look, giving him fair warning to clear his office before he got embarrassed. He asked his guest to excuse him.

As soon as the guest passed by her, she walked up closer to Keith’s desk and said to him, “You don’t return your phone calls?”

“My cell phone is broken—I have to take it to get fixed,” he said as he got up to close the door. He knew this had potential to be ugly.

“Really. Did you call Lourdes to let her know that so she could get in touch with you? “

“Chrasey ...” he said in a tone that sounded like he was about to make excuses or minimize his involvement with her. She didn’t even want to hear it. She didn’t come all the way up here to be foolish—she knew what was what. She went into her bag and pulled out the phone bills she had gotten her number off of and threw them toward him. They weren’t heavy enough to hit him, so they just fluttered throughout his office. Papers going every which way, pages with Lourdes’s name and phone number everywhere, on her goddamn house phone bill. Why couldn’t he use his cell phone—did he have to be so sloppy? Did he have to be so sloppy not to even care? She could have picked up the house phone just like he did that night with Trevor.

Afraid her voice would carry through his door, he said “Chrasey, can we address this at home later, not here at my job?”

“Why not? They must know all about it. She said she knows you from here.

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