“Who is he?” I press and my jaw ticks when she doesn’t reply right away.
“He’s a photographer.” I watch as she kicks her shoes off and sits at the kitchen table to remove her stocking slowly. I lean against the counter to hide my dick tenting in my pants right now. “Beans!” Beans steals the first one and comes over to me with it hanging out of his mouth.
“Bad boy!” I tell him and he lays down at Faye’s feet with a paw over his nose.
He’s mad at me because I have been gone. By the time we open this new office he won’t know me. He’ll be her dog and not mine.
“He keeps stealing stuff. This morning I caught him eating the crotch out of a pair of my panties.” She shakes her head.
I clear my throat and steer the conversation from her panties. “I’m not leaving for another week. I’ll keep him until then.”
“That’s fine.”
“Do you have plans for dinner? I know I told you I would treat you to a night out.”
“Actually, I’m feeling beat. Another time?”
“Yeah, sure. Well, I will leave you to it.”
“Later,” she waves with a yawn.
I gather up my dog and get him in the car wishing I had the balls to tell her I love her but it seems like I’m too late. I guess it doesn’t matter, I’ll be in Colorado for months. No point in trying to start something when I won’t even be here. Besides she has her new man.
FAYE
Work has been crazy busy for the past month and I have been seeing a lot of Enzo. Tonight is my brother and Claire’s official engagement party. I don’t want to attend but I wouldn’t do that to Eddie. With both our parents gone, we only have each other. One good thing though is I have a sexy date to bring with me for once. I’m usually Darin’s date when he’s between bed hopping. He called me to coordinate me picking him up from the airport; he’s flying in. It felt slightly empowering to tell him that I already had plans.
His voice deflated but that was just too bad too sad. I have always been his backup plan, because I never had steady men in my life. I didn’t lose my virginity until I was twenty-one to some frat guy and that was only because I was part of his “pledge haze.” I was humiliated but none of that matters now. I have Enzo in my life and he’s kind of perfect.
I’m nervous though. He’s the first guy I am introducing to Eddie. It’s as nerve racking as it would be if I were introducing him to my father. I love and respect my brother a lot. It would kill me if they don’t get along. Tonight is also the first time I will have seen Claire bear as my brother calls her in months. I avoid her at all cost. She is like every mean girl I have ever known rolled into one. Eddie doesn’t see it, but he also doesn’t hear the nasty shit she says to me when he isn’t around. Sure, I could tell Eddie but he’d only get mad at me. He has always been that way. He’s the type to shoot the messenger because in his eyes she is a goddess.
Spinning around, I check out my reflection in the full-length mirror that I have in my bedroom. It was my mother’s. I used to love watching her get dressed for the charity banquets her and my dad would attend for the hospital. Remembering her is hard. I miss her terribly. She always told me how beautiful I was and coming from her I always trusted in her words. She had that something that made you know she was a genuine person.
I get my facial features from my mom but she was half my size. My dad always said I took after his family, but I never met any of them. Whether by his choice or not I still don’t know. No one called or visited when he passed away. Although Eddie and I didn’t know who to call if anyone.
In this black form fitting dress, I feel beautiful. Admittedly my cleavage is a bit much but I am hoping my matching black sheer wrap will camouflage the girls some. I’m meeting Enzo at his place because the dinner is at some hotel downtown Claire’s parents reserved.
Stepping into my shoes I smooth my hand over my hair. I have it styled in the classic Marilyn Monroe glamour look.
When I am getting out of my car at Enzo’s I see Darin getting into his car. He does looking smashingly handsome in his heather grey suit. When he sees me, he shoves his keys back in his pocket and starts in my direction.
“Faye. Wow…” he breathes out, shaking his head. “You’re beautiful.”
“You think so?” I turn sideways looking myself over and it doesn’t escap
e my notice the way his eyes linger on me. Warmth pools in my belly and I am not sure what to make of him staring at me like that.
“You better save me a dance.”
“Since when do you dance?” I tease him remembering him freaking about having to dance at prom when he was in high school.
“Since you started wearing dresses like that.” Heat flares in his eyes but before more can be said Enzo is joining us. I can’t believe it. He isn’t sporting his famous beanie. His dark hair is styled in a tousled fashion and he could use a shave but it gives him a rough edge next to Darin’s clean-cut appearance.
“Hey man, trying to steal my date away?” He jokes and kisses my cheek.
“Can’t steal what’s always been mine,” Darin tells him and I gasp. What’s he doing?
“Is there a problem here?” Enzo asks looking at me.