One More Day (The Alexanders) by Malone M

Author:Malone, M. [Malone, M.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON, RIDLEY sat on the

edge of the bed staring at her cell

phone. Jackson had asked Katie to

meet them at the park so the boys

could play while they talked things

over. From the screeching and loud

sounds below her room, the kids

were already excited.

If she was going to make her

call, this was the best time to do it.

Otherwise, she’d get caught up and

lose track of time and if she put it

off any longer she’d end up taking

the easy way out by buying

something new. But in the end her

pragmatic nature won out and she

decided to just get it over with.

Due to the time difference, it

was doubtful that Raina would

actually answer. She could just

leave a message and then deal with

the teasing later.

Hearing her sister say I told

you so wasn’t something she was

looking forward to.

“Hey, Ri! How are things back

home?” Raina answered the phone

as if she were still on East Coast

time instead of it being early

morning the way she knew it was in

Singapore.

“Oh, hey. I’m so sorry to wake

you. I didn’t think you’d actually

answer.”

There was a soft whooshing

sound in the background and Ridley

wondered if their connection was

really that bad or if she was just

hearing things.

“It’s not early here. I’m in the

Bahamas now. We’re in the same

time zone you are.”

She’d completely forgotten that

her sister never stayed in the same

place for long. Although she

supposed she could have at least

pretended to pay attention when

they’d last spoken and Raina had

told her where she was going next.

“Well, the thing is, I have a

favor to ask. And I don’t want you

to worry that I’ll be upset if you say

no.” She took a deep breath. “It’s

just that Jackson has asked me to go

to this industry party, but I don’t

have anything to wear. I was going

to buy something but I thought why

do that when I know you’ve got tons

of dressy stuff at your house.”

There was silence before

Raina said, “Jackson asked you

out?”

Ridley struggled to keep her

voice neutral as she replied, “No,

he didn’t ask me out. It’s for work.

It’s some party his label is throwing

for a new jazz singer. You know

how much I love jazz.” Stop

babbling, Ridley.

“Oh my god, you slept with

him, didn’t you? You dirty slut!”

Raina crowed.

Even from another country, no

one could embarrass her quite like

her sister.

“Raina! It’s not like that. I

mean, yes we did, but it’s not like I

just jumped on the man.” Okay, I

kind of did, but whatever. “I really

like him,” she surprised herself by

saying.

“I can tell. I’m happy for you,

Ri.” Raina did sound happy for her.

She was quiet for a moment before

she said, “The code is Mom’s name

spelled backward. So just type out

the letters N-A-O-J on the keypad.

You still remember where the spare

key is, right?”

“I still have it from the day I

originally tried to get in.” She

started mentally preparing a list of

what she’d need. It didn’t make

sense to keep going over there, so

she might as well just pack up a

suitcase and bring it back.

“You know, I wanted you to

avoid my house but if you’re going

to do this, at least dress up a little.”

Ridley stopped adding items to

her mental list long enough to say,

“Huh?”

“You know what I mean.

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