The Best of Everything by Roby Kimberla Lawson

Author:Roby, Kimberla Lawson [Roby, Kimberla Lawson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9780061443077
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2009-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Alicia sighed exhaustedly and drove onto the street she and Phillip lived on. It had been a long, stressful, and very tiring day, and she was glad it was almost over. She still wasn’t happy about Phillip and his insisting that she leave his mother’s house, though, because whether he’d realized it or not, he’d really hurt her feelings. She’d apologized and then apologized again, but he hadn’t wanted to hear any of what she was saying. He’d acted as if he hated her and like he never wanted to see her again, and there was a part of her that was worried that he might never get over what she’d done. But what else could she do except beg his pardon and try to make things up to him? She’d even called his cell phone not more than two hours after she’d left him, but he hadn’t answered or even bothered calling her back, and it was that very thing that had forced her to stop at Woodfield Mall.

She’d been on her way home, but as she drove, the more depressed she’d become about Phillip and the way he was ignoring her, and she’d needed to do something fun. She’d needed to do something nice for herself, so she’d gone into one of her favorite specialty stores and purchased a cute pair of Lucky jeans. Then, she’d gone into Victoria’s Secret and found two pretty push-up bras, one in hot pink and the other in periwinkle, and she’d purchased the panties to go with them. After that, she’d gone down to Nordstrom and found the most professional-looking business suit she’d seen in weeks and couldn’t wait to wear it on her first day of work, whenever that was going to be.

Alicia stopped at the mailbox and removed today’s mail, and then saw four packages lying near the front door. At first, she wondered where they might have come from and what was inside them but then she remembered that she’d selected two-day delivery for the online purchases she’d made on Sunday night from Neiman’s and Saks, and QVC had probably shipped her a few items as well. But regardless of what had arrived, she was excited to see all of it and couldn’t wait to get inside the house.

As soon as she went in and turned off the alarm system, she walked around to the front door, opened it, and brought in everything that had been delivered. She was glad she’d selected two-day delivery on the Saks and Neiman items because with her ordering them on a Sunday night, she’d known the order wouldn’t be confirmed and shipped until Monday. That way she could be sure they arrived on Wednesday like clockwork, which was normally the day Philip stayed at the church later because of Bible study, and this gave her a lot of leeway and time enough to receive the packages and bring them in before he got home.

Alicia took everything upstairs and then opened each package one by one.

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