her'

Eudora when she came through the escalator, but I was s

and squealed and twirled me around

er, she was still trying to figure out what she'd do with her face, her hair was all over the place, an

regal, with expensive jewelry and accessories and not a strand of her h

it, but I couldn

and gather, I hastily led us to my

she asked as we began to p

expectantly, waiting for me to continue. "Let's just hope

so good, Heather

't know if I could trust her with all that had gone down in my life last week. I a

t of the spotlight. "I'm bringing you to my favorite restaurant to

ked pe

dora jumped exci

get there," I replied w

. "You know how muc

t changed about you. Doesn't mean I'l

end this address to a

re, and you already have friends?" I look at h

flew in days ago to prepare the way..." The way her excitement

he's your bo

her cheeks got pinker. It imm

ear-old cousin

ddress of the resta

was a mess, at least my twenty-one-year

dy." I smiled at her a

ather," she beamed

isced on how much time I wasted pining after Asher and h

h?" Eudora piped up suddenly

at was sh

t's been a while since you spoke a

king about before I realized that I'd lied to her

be on the phone for long, and Asher would get impatient and try to sedu

aspy over the phone was because my handsome boyfriend had a healthy sex drive

had come bac

t the indication of the green tra

nally meet your man!" Her excitement

about a contract..." I trailed off and incr

as pounding

out in her voice. "I've heard so much abou

cision to tell my cousin so much about my c

I keep this lie going now that Ash

o the beautiful place. She kept droning on about things I didn't care enough to want to know about

f of it that I could afford to tell-somebody came in, and because my back was to the

alone and then braced myself to mee

ke from behind me, and I lifted my face in shock, praying to

my cousin on her forehead made my h