Wildfire by Susan Lewis

Author:Susan Lewis [Susan Lewis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2007-08-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

‘RHIANNON! RHIANNON!’

Rhiannon scanned the airport crowd half smiling and half frowning as she tried to locate the voice.

‘Over here!’ Galina called.

Rhiannon saw her, leaping up and down at the back of the crowd trying to get a glimpse through. Laughing, Rhiannon swerved her luggage cart around the slow-movers in front, then blithely let it go to catch Galina in a noisy and fervent embrace.

‘I don’t believe it!’ Galina shrieked excitedly, totally oblivious to the attention she was attracting. ‘You look fantastic.’ She was holding Rhiannon at arm’s length and gazing delightedly into her face. ‘Oh God, you’re so gorgeous,’ she cried, pulling Rhiannon back into her arms. ‘I’ve missed you so much. I can hardly believe you’re here.’

‘I’ve missed you too,’ Rhiannon told her, surprised to discover it was true. ‘And just look at you. You always were lovely, but you’ve grown so lovely now I feel positively dazzled.’

Galina’s vivid blue eyes were alive with laughter as, throwing her a quick glance, she whisked the luggage cart out of the way, steered it towards the exit and out on to the walkway that ran along the front of the terminal building. ‘Tell me everything,’ she demanded, lowering her sun-glasses from the top of her head to shield her eyes from the sun. ‘I want to know everything you’ve been doing since the last time we saw each other. Start with the flight. How was it? Are you exhausted? Do you want to sleep?’ She laughed and letting her head fall back gave a groan of pure joy. ‘God, you don’t know how glad I am to see you,’ she said. ‘I was so afraid you wouldn’t come. But then I knew you wouldn’t let me down. Everything’s ready for you. Everyone’s dying to meet you. Have you ever been to LA before? You’re going to love it. It’s a crazy place, full of whackos and weirdos, but I’ve got to tell you, babe, if you’re looking for a man to get you over that jerk you told me about, well, I’m going to make it priority number one to find you one. It won’t be easy because there are a lot of gays in this town, but we’ll get past them and who knows, you might fall madly, wildly, incurably in love and stay. Wouldn’t that be great? You and me together again, just like old times. God, I’m so excited. I’m so glad I was here to come pick you up myself. Ula was going to come. She’s Max’s assistant and you’re going to just love her. Everyone does. She’s so disrespectful, but somehow she manages to get away with it. She lives with Ellis. Ellis is Max’s accountant. And then there’s Maurice, Max’s lawyer. Maurice is married to Deon who’s a bit of a fluff, but she’s OK. Now let me see, who else is there? Oh my God, yes! The kids! Marina and Aleks. They’re absolutely adorable and you’re going to fall in love with them on sight.

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