Table Manners by Mia King

Author:Mia King
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

“Well, it’s about time,” Lindsey grumbled as Deidre burst through the door. She picked up her purse and jacket and then stopped to stare. “What happened to you?”

Deidre’s eyes were red from crying. Between feeling like a failure with Sweet Deidre and the thought of Sabine and Kevin together, Deidre had needed to stop several times just to pull herself together. “Bad day. Come on, let’s go . . .”

“Whoa, Nelly.” Lindsey planted her hands on her hips. “I’m not going anywhere with you in this condition. Come on, spill.”

Deidre glanced at the clock on the wall. “Lindsey, we’re going to be late.”

“Then you’d better spill quickly.”

Deidre sniffed and pulled out a wadded-up tissue from her pocket. Lindsey’s nose wrinkled as she handed Deidre a fresh box of tissues. Deidre dabbed her eyes. “I’m going to sound petty and insecure, but I definitely think Sabine, Kevin’s ex, is after him.”

Lindsey wasn’t impressed. “Yeah, and?”

“And what? What else do you need?”

Lindsey gave a snort. “You must have rocks in your head, Deidre McIntosh. Kevin Johnson is the catch of the century—of the millennium. Of course he’s going to have women after him. Sheesh!” She marched out the door, leaving a stunned Deidre trailing behind her.

“Maybe, but you don’t know this woman,” Deidre said as they got into her car. “She’s gorgeous, sexy, brilliant, and an old friend of the family’s . . . Remember, they were once engaged.”

Lindsey just sat in the passenger seat and stared out the window.

Deidre continued, “Not only that, but she was recently quoted in the press as saying that she wished she hadn’t let him go, and that she believes in second chances. And, right now, she’s in Paris with Kevin.”

“Did he invite her?”

“No. She was supposedly there on business, but I don’t believe that. I think she intentionally timed her trip to be there with him. But that’s not the point.”

“Well, what is the point? Surely you have better things to do with your time than worry about this. I know I have better things to do than listen to all this hoopla. This is worse than daytime TV.” Lindsey crossed her arms and looked at Deidre stoically. “No offense.”

“Well, I guess you would know,” Deidre said, a little hurt. “Because that’s all you do these days. Watch TV and lament about how sorry your life is.”

“Well, then I guess I’m in good company, aren’t I?”

“Lindsey, don’t you think I have better things to do than have you attack me?”

Lindsey’s cheeks pinked and her nostrils flared. “Excuse me, but I sure as heck didn’t ask you to come down here!”

“Maybe I shouldn’t have! I haven’t slept in days, I haven’t had breakfast, and with the price of gasoline these days, I probably could have bought a first-class ticket to France by now!” Deidre was yelling now.

“Well, don’t let me stop you!” Lindsey yelled back.

“It’s not you, it’s her!” Deidre wildly punched a couple of buttons and thrust her cell phone in Lindsey’s face. The screen was taken up completely by Sabine’s nearly naked image from a Maxim photo shoot.

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