Page 66 of Chance of Romance
“I need to go. Thanks, Logan.”
“No problem. Bye.”
She hung up. It was after ten. She texted Lexi, who texted back right away.Come on over.
Sabrina cautiously opened her apartment door, peeked around to make sure the reporter was gone, and headed down to the end of the hall where Lexi lived.
She rang the bell, and the door sprang open to a smiling Lexi, arms wide open. Her brown hair was up in a ponytail, and she wore a long tank top with yoga pants like she’d just been doing her yoga routine. “Congratulations!” She pulled Sabrina in and hugged her.
Sabrina gave her a squeeze. “Thanks, but that wedding announcement was just for the press. Between you and me, we’re not really married.”
Lexi frowned. “Oh, sorry.” She brightened. “Actually, I’m kinda glad because I was bummed I missed the wedding.” She gestured to her dark green sofa. “Take a load off. Want some wine?”
“No, thanks. I just wanted to ask you a favor before I go to bed.”
“Anything.”
Her eyes stung. She had really good friends. They were her family that she chose. “Thank you for that.” She waited for Lexi to join her on the sofa before filling her in on all the damage Sabrina thought Tara was behind.
“That bitch!” Lexi exclaimed.
“My feeling exactly. I want to talk to her face-to-face and put an end to this.”
“But what if it gets ugly? She might use what you say against you. You said she threatened you with her lawyer.”
“My lawyer isn’t putting an end to it. I have to be the one.”
Lexi leaned in eagerly, her brown eyes gleaming. “So what’s the plan? You’re just going to show up at her office?”
“That’s where you come in. I’d like you to make an appointment in her Fieldridge office, whatever time works for you. She does some individual counseling. Then I’ll show up in your place. She’ll have booked the hour. That’ll give me enough time to get in there and have my say.”
Lexi’s brows drew together in concern. “Maybe I should go in with you. Like a witness.”
“No, thanks, I prefer one-on-one.”
“At least set the recorder on your phone. For your own protection. Maybe she’ll admit everything she’s done and throw it in your face.”
“Okay, good idea.”
Lexi rubbed her hands together. “We’ll bring her down. All that bad juju she put out in the world’s going to bite her in the ass.”
She smiled. Lexi didn’t hesitate to play hardball. “I’m glad you’re on my side, tiger.”
Lexi clawed the air with one hand. “Rwowr.”
“Let me know as soon as you can get an appointment.”
“I will.”
She stood. “Thanks. I really appreciate it.”
Lexi squinted up at her. “What’s going on with Logan? We were all so happy for you. It just seemed natural that one day your friendship would become something more.”
She flopped down in her seat again. “I don’t know. It’s been so crazy.” She filled her in on the whole Olivia situation right down to her and Logan getting it on that very night.
Lexi elbowed her. “Get it, girl.”
She sighed. “And the whole fake-marriage thing was to help restore my reputation, but now I so regret it because it’s made all these complications for what’s just the early tentative stage of our relationship.”
