Ready or Not (Soho Loft #3) by Melissa Brayden

Author:Melissa Brayden [Brayden, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, lesbian, romance, Businesswoman, Femme-Femme, Rich-girl-poor-girl
ISBN: 9781626394643
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2015-11-21T23:00:00+00:00

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Hope surveyed her rather stark apartment with new eyes when she arrived home that night. Not much on the walls. Blinds, but no drapes. No specific color scheme to speak of. Sad reality: her place was boring. While true, she wasn’t home a lot, she should still do more to make it hers, she thought, and reflected on Mallory’s put-together loft space. Maybe some light-green curtains and matching throw pillows for the couch would give the room a little pop of color.

She would definitely look into that and smiled a little at the thought.

She made herself a late-night dinner and turned on the news. There was no sign of Kara at the apartment, but that made sense as she worked the night shift at the diner. Her plans were to stay with Hope for another week or so and then move in with one of the girls she worked with.

Hope checked her phone for the five-hundredth time that day, but she’d yet to have one of her messages returned from her sister, which in actuality wasn’t all that unusual. However, she was anxious to hear how the payoff had gone with Dominic and, honestly, more than a little nervous about it.

She thought back to earlier that morning when she’d handed her sister a manila envelope full of cash. Her cash that she’d withdrawn from the bank the day prior, counted out into what she hoped would be enough to satisfy this loser.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” Kara asked from the doorway of her office.

Hope nodded. “Just remember to play nice and part ways on good terms if at all possible, but the parting-ways part is key.”

Kara offered a half smile. “No holding on to ties with known criminals. Got it.”

They stared at each other and Hope understood that it was gratitude she saw in her sister’s eyes and it tugged at her. “You would do it for me, right?”

Kara nodded solemnly. “I would.” With that, Hope pulled her sister into a hug and held her for several long moments. “I love you.”

“I love you too,” Kara said as she released her. “And I’m not gonna let you down.”

But fourteen hours later, as crime report after crime report crawled its way across her TV screen, her heart clenched with trepidation. Her mind took off imagining all the things that could have gone wrong. In an attempt to calm herself, she took a fortifying breath and reminded herself of her purpose.

To get Kara on track to an easier life.

Today was a step in that direction.

Sure, she had everything riding on it and so did Kara, but they’d get through this, just like they’d gotten through everything else. She’d hear from Kara soon. Hell, she’d probably find her peacefully asleep on the couch when she woke up the next morning.

But as she slipped beneath the covers that night, her mind raced. She closed her eyes and attempted to shut out the world, to push past thoughts of money and drug dealers and even her business.

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