Lila's Loves (Haven, Texas 1)

Oh well, she had an emergency credit card, she could use that then pay it back when the money came through or she found a proper job.

The phone in the house rang then and she groaned. Not again. She needed to get a whistle or something. Anger pumping through her, she jumped up, racing inside to get it.

“Listen to me, asshole, I’m going to give you one warning—”

“Whoa, what did I do?” a familiar voice asked.

“Laken?” she asked with surprise.

“Yep, you okay?”

“Are, yeah, sorry,” Lila said, blowing a breath out. “Did you try to call me before?”

“No, are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yeah, I a

m,” Lila reassured her. “Sorry.”

“So girlfriend, are you ready for a night out on the town?” Laken’s voice drawled down the phone.

Lila squealed down the phone as she heard her best friend. “You’re home?” she asked. “I can’t believe you’re here. Why didn’t you tell me you were coming back?”

“Yeah, well, the folks are always telling me I don’t visit enough, and I was getting a bit tired of New York so I hopped on a plane and here I am.”

There was an undercurrent of unhappiness in her friend’s voice that had Lila immediately worried. She knew that Laken had been feeling a bit lonely lately, but now she sounded downright sad and dejected. Very unusual for her normally upbeat, self-assured friend.

“And now that I’m home, I’m determined that you and me are going to hit the town.”

Lila burst into laughter. “Have you forgotten that there are two bars in town and we’re only allowed in one of them?”

Saxon’s was a private club that was open to members only and neither Lila nor Laken were members.

“Oh well, we’ll hit Dirty Delights and have a blast like old times. Come on, what do you say? Saturday night will be girls night out.”

Lila bit her lip. A girls night out did sound great and she’d missed Laken horribly.

“Sounds like a plan,” she said. “And how about we hit the spa first? Hey, do you mind if I invite someone?”

Max and Logan had brought their wife, Savannah, around for dinner a few nights ago. She and Lila had hit it off instantly. Lila knew that Savannah didn’t know many people.

“As long as they don’t have a penis, I don’t mind,” Laken replied. “And the spa sounds like a good plan to me.”

The spa was a new thing for Haven. Before, they would have had to have gone into Freestown, but a resort had opened about ten minutes from town and it had a spa that was open to everyone.

“Ooh, are we going to do some men bashing?” Lila asked.

“You betcha. Do you want to make the spa appointments and pick me up? I don’t have any transportation at the moment.”

“Of course, I’ll call right now,” Lila promised.

With a skip to her step, she ran off to Clay’s study, to make those phone calls before getting onto the bookwork.

First she called Savannah who excitedly agreed to join them then she called the spa and made the necessary appointments. Pleased with herself, she turned her attention to the work waiting for her.

A couple of hours later, she raised her head as a door slammed in the house. What was it with men and not being able to shut doors quietly?

“Baby girl?” Gavin called out.