Page 122 of Champagne Nights

Great. I didn’t feel like having anyone over. I just wanted to take a bath, curl up with Romeo, and watch a movie. There was always an agenda when one of them organized sister-bonding time.

“And if I told you that I was going out tonight?”

“You don’t go out, so we wouldn’t believe you. Be over in ten.”

I upped the speed on the treadmill to burn off the anger I was feeling at the moment. Before I knew it, the door opened, and Charlotte and Piper walked in. As I got off the treadmill, completely out of breath, Piper handed me the towel I had folded on the couch.

“Thanks.” I smiled as I wiped the sweat from my face. “I’m going to go change. Menus are in the drawer.”

Whenever we did a sister-bonding night, we had wine and take-out.

I changed out of my sweaty workout clothes, into yoga pants and a tank top, and washed my face to feel less gross.

“How’s pizza? I’m kind of craving it,” Charlotte yelled from the kitchen.

“Pizza’s fine, but only if we get the thin crust,” I replied.

When I returned to the kitchen, Piper had my glass of wine poured.

“So, what prompted this sister-bonding night?” I asked curiously.

“Nothing. It’s been a while since the three of us had a night alone, and Piper wasn’t doing anything, and I wasn’t either. We knew you’d be home, so we thought tonight would be perfect.”

“So what’s new on the column front?” Piper asked as we set the table.

“Not much. First week of the new sex column, and someone’s threatening to sue the paper.” I laughed.

“Who?”

“Just an overbearing, overprotective mother who can’t cut the apron strings with her thirty-five-year-old son.”

“Wait. I’m confused,” Charlotte said as she sat down. “His mother was asking you about sex with her son? What did she do, catch him masturbating?”

“Ew.” Piper laughed.

“No! The fiancée asked me what she should do since his mother does everything for him, including all his laundry. She said she’s a career woman and isn’t looking to take care of a child. I simply told her to talk to him about it, and if he disagreed, she should leave him. I guess she left him, and the future mother-in-law is pissed and said I broke them up.”

“Oh, that’s good!” Piper smiled as she held up her wine glass.

After paying the pizza guy, we set the box in the center of the table, and each took a couple of slices.

“You should have seen this hot fireman that was in the ER a couple of nights ago,” Charlotte said as she bit into her pizza. “I’ve seen him before, and I swear each time he gets sexier and more buff.”

“Why was he in the ER?” I asked.

“Checking in on a guy they pulled out of a house.”

“That’s nice,” I said.

“Maybe you should come hang out in the ER sometime.” She winked.

“No thanks. I’m good.”

“I saw Elena the other day. She was with some guy, and it wasn’t Keaton. She looked really nervous when she saw me,” Piper said.

“She and Keaton are on a break.”

“I know, but I didn’t know that dating other people while on a break was negotiated.”

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