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Chapter Eleven
Anya drove away from the courthouse, physically shaking. She blew out a deep breath and tried to relax.
It was done.
The magistrate had granted her the order of protection. It didn’t take much since she had copies of the request from the Atlanta courts and police reports.
She tightened her grip on the steering wheel.
The magistrate, a woman, was very empathetic to Anya’s claim. When she’d heard that Glenn had shown up here in Vegas and the police had to be called, that sealed the deal.
Copies of the fresh order were currently in her purse. Now she just prayed that Glenn would give up and go back home and leave her be.
Once in jail in Vegas should be enough.
She still wasn’t comfortable with staying at her apartment. Sooner or later, she’d have to either fess up to her parents the real reason why she wanted to stay with them or go back.
She’d only been there a few months, and she had a year lease. She didn’t know if she would be able to get out of the contract. She had some savings but not enough to pay for the rest of the lease.
Now that her business was all taken care of, she would call Dalton as he had requested.
She couldn’t help the smile that formed on her lips at the thought of him.
Before she’d left, her mother had shown her how to connect her phone to the car where she could use it hands-free.
Her old clunker didn’t have that feature either. Just the thought of car shopping made her itch.
Hitting the button on the steering wheel, she commanded her phone to call Dalton.
“Calling Dalton Sexy McNeil,” the female robot voice filled the car.
She giggled at the sound of the nickname she’d given him.
Ringing shot through the air. After a few seconds, Dalton’s voicemail picked up. She sighed at the sound of his deep voice coming through the speakers.
“Hey, it’s me. I’m done with all of my errands and was calling as promised. Hit me back when you get a chance.”
She disconnected the call.
Anya could have sworn that he’d said he’d be off all day.
“Oh well.” She was a little disappointed. If he would have answered, she may have stopped by now.
Thoughts of last night filled her mind. She grew excited thinking of seeing Dalton again.
Her phone rang, and she glanced over. It was her mother calling.
“Hey, Mom,” she answered.
“Hey, baby. Where are you?” her mother’s voice came on the line.
“I just left from the courthouse,” she replied. She glanced in the review mirror and switched lanes.
“I was wondering if you wanted to go out to lunch?”
“Yeah, that would be cool.” It had been a while since she’d just spent time with her mother. When she’d come home while she was in college, they would have a girls’ day and do lunch and a spa.
Those were the good old days.
