The Perfect Mistress by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Author:ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books

Today was one of those rare days when Lauren got to lounge around the house and relax. She had broken down and called Matthew back to take him up on his offer to go to the concert. They’d ended up having the best time they’d had in years.

The two had been talking almost daily over the last three weeks. They’d fallen right back into their natural groove, and she loved that not once had he talked to her about sex. They’d had amazing sex in college, but she was so much more experienced now. She’d love the opportunity to show him that. At some point.

Everything inside her had wanted to invite Matthew back up to her place after the concert last night, but she knew that would be opening Pandora’s box. She’d bowed out of a nightcap with the excuse that she had to finish a jewelry order for the Houston Women’s League for seventy-five custom necklaces as gifts for their Mother’s Day luncheon—an order that was actually finished two weeks ago.

That Women’s League order should allow her to sit pretty for a while, since her pieces cost so much. So today she would be doing nothing but relaxing and getting caught up on her marathon of Scandal.

She’d already turned on “do not disturb” on her phone. The only numbers allowed to come through were from her favorites. She added Matthew to that list of two, which included Vivian and her mother’s rehab, which technically wasn’t a favorite but was a necessity.

The credits were rolling on the first episode of Scandal when her phone rang, which surprised her because she knew Matthew was on his flight to Hong Kong and Vivian had her weekend with her son. Her heart dropped when she saw the number for the Evergreen Center.

“Hello?”

“Yes, is this Ms. Robinson?” the woman said.

“It is.”

“This is Sophia at the Evergreen Center.”

“Yes,” Lauren said with trepidation.

“We, umm . . . have a situation here. Your mother, well, she took a pretty bad fall.”

“A fall?” Lauren’s heart started racing. “What?”

“She’s okay, but they are transporting her as a safety precaution.”

“Okay. Transporting her where?” Of course her mother would find a way to mess up her serene day. Lauren shook off that thought. Her mother didn’t know she had a day off, let alone conspired to destroy it.

“Well, where is she?” Lauren repeated.

“I just wanted to let you know that, again, she is okay, but that did spark cause for concern. She’s at Duke Regional.”

“Okay,” Lauren said, throwing back the afghan and getting up. “I’ll be there in about thirty minutes.”

Exactly thirty-three minutes later, Lauren pulled into the hospital, then whipped into a handicap parking space. She’d come move her car later, she thought, as she grabbed her purse and raced inside.

“Yes, I’m here to see Joyce Robinson,” she said once she reached the nurse’s station.

The woman tapped some keys on her keyboard. “Yes, she was just admitted. And you are?”

“I’m her daughter, Lauren. Is she okay?”

“Oh, yes.” The nurse was one of the cold, efficient sorts.

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