Never Try To Explain by Donna McDonald

Author:Donna McDonald [McDonald, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: THE PERFECT DATE, Book 6
Published: 2018-01-26T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Eleanor Skyler rolled out her yoga mat and placed her bolster at the bottom. “Are you sure this is the right class?”

Brittany did a toe-touch to stretch out. “I’m sure. The teacher’s name is Angelica Quartz. That’s Greg’s new obsession.”

Eleanor sunk to the mat. “Quartz. Quartz. That’s familiar. I know a Martin Quartz.”

Brittany nodded. “He’s the one who divorced his wife and married a woman half her age. I remember you ranting about it. She had two small children.”

Eleanor huffed. “Oh yes. Handsome red-haired devil. Vicious viper in the courtroom. Cincinnati is the biggest small town in America, you know. Are you sure this woman is the same woman Martin Quartz divorced?”

“No, but Mason told me her name. He said she’s all Greg can talk about. I’m telling you Mom, he’s smitten as badly as he was before.”

“Smitten?”

Brittany snorted. “Don’t start in on my English degree. There’s nothing wrong with that word.”

“Well, if I can’t tease you about your penchant for archaic terms, then I’m going to run to the bathroom. Save my spot.”

Eleanor walked out of the room into the hallway. A beautiful woman in yoga gear was stowing her tote into a locker. They exchanged pleasantries and her hand was on the bathroom door when Martin Quartz walked up to the woman big as day. Shock froze Eleanor in place and had her staring rudely.

“Angelica?”

The beautiful woman swung to Quartz, obviously startled by his appearance. She put a hand on her chest and stammered when she spoke to him.

“Martin, what in the world are you doing here?”

“A stalker would have a field day with your schedule. I’m delivering this to you in person,” he said sternly, handing over an envelope. “I needed to make sure you got it and I didn’t trust your guard dog to deliver. This is just a copy. The original is in the stuff we shipped to his office. You can get it from him.”

“My what? Whose office?” she asked, fisting a hand on her hip.

“Don’t pull that innocent act with me. I’m talking about Skyler—the guy you hired behind my back. If you two are planning to sue my office for malpractice, you might want to rethink that plan, Angelica. And I can’t believe you’d stoop so low to come after more money that way. We had a deal. I suggest you stick to it.”

Eleanor watched the woman struggle to make sense of all Martin was saying. She was suddenly a thousand percent sure suing Martin Quartz had never, ever crossed Angelica Quartz’s mind. Now Greg’s mind? Who knew what her son was up to—could be anything. Greg played things close to his sweater vest covered chest until he knew what was going on.

“It was a reasonable question since I have no idea what you’re talking about, Martin. Greg’s just a friend who’s doing me a favor in helping me sort out my finances. I’ve got to figure out how to put our sons through college in a few years,” she said.

“Skyler’s a forensic accountant.

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