“Oh my gods!”Ialso nearly shouted.
“And then he said, ‘Getrid of him.I’llbe in touch.’Andhe walked away,”Catfinished.
By the gods, that washot.
“HolyHecate,”Gaylebreathed (she thought it was hot too).
“Who acts like that?”Catasked.
“Was the kiss good?”Iinquired.
She didn’t quite meet my eyes.
It was good.
“How good?”Ipushed.
She shoved her plate away and flounced back in her chair. “Whocares?Youdon’t walk up to a female’s door, kiss her, tell her to dump her male and walk away.Whatis that?”
AsImentioned, it washot.
I kept my mouth shut on my opinion since it didn’t seemCatfelt the same way.
Though, she’d said, “when he was done with my mouth.”Shehadn’t said, “whenIpushed him away.”
“I wishCormachad done that to me,”Gaylemumbled.
Cat took her hand on the table. “Oh, honey.Ishouldn’t have said anything.”
“Why not?”Gayleasked. “Hetold me to live my life.Thisis part of my life.Gabbingwith my gals.”
Cat gave her a sympathetic look.
Gayle gently disengaged her hand and reached for a rasher of bacon, asking mock casually, “So, are you going to go there?”
“Be the plaything of a very-soon-to-be king?”Catshook her head. “Nota chance.”
If she really wasn’t intoTanyn, thenIhoped her dad never found out about his middle-of-the-night visit.
“Where’sMonique?”Gayleasked.
“She’s at the salon.Clients.Yes, even after all the chaos last night.Ican’t believe that female’s work ethic.It’sinspiring,”Catsaid.
“I’ve seen the plans for her renos, soIget why she’s going for it.Herflat is going to be mega when it’s done,”Gayleshared.
We lapsed into our normal gabbing.
ButIdid it watching closely.
I notedGaylewas still wounded, but she was putting a brave face on it, andCatwas holding something back.ButIknew from experience you had to let her pick her time to share, or find the right one to push, and that wasn’t now.
After a while,Gaylesaid she needed a shower, and we all needed to find out what was happening, including if everyone was free to go home, soCatandIleft.
I walked her to her room.
“So, how good was the kiss,exactly?”Iprobed.
She sighed. “Itwas great.ButImean, really,Laura.Whodoes he think he is?”
