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The other two hurried to her, just as she slammed the pages of a tabloid onto the table between the couches. “SURGEON’S SECRET!” the headline screamed. Right below it read: “Renowned Celebrity Doctor Fathers Beautiful Malibu Babes!”
It was all there. The three sisters, with names and photographs. Dr. Frank Tucker’s photo was there, too, as well as a sidebar containing a list of his Hollywood clients and the procedures he’d allegedly performed on them.
“What do you think of that?” Nikki demanded again, waving her hand toward the tabloid.
Cassandra bent down and scanned the text. “I don’t think Oomfaa really had a nose job.”
“Cassandra!”
“Well, it’s the first thing that came to my mind,” she said. “That and ‘Who the heck spilled the beans?’ ”
“I haven’t even thought about contacting him,” Juliet confessed. “My mind’s been on other things since…” Her voice trailed off as she remembered that odd conversation with Marlys about Botox. Marlys the tabloid snitch. “Oh, brother.”
“We’ve got a couple of those, by the way,” Nikki said, gesturing to the paper again. “Dr. Tuck has two sons he adopted with his wife. She died a number of years ago.”
Cassandra looked down at the photograph of the plastic surgeon. “What are we going to do now?” she asked, her gaze shifting to Juliet.
The oldest sibling role felt more natural than ever. Putting an arm around each sister, Juliet drew them close, trying to dispel the concern on their faces. “What we were going to do anyway. Have a lovely holiday dinner tomorrow and give thanks that we’ve found each other. As for the rest…we’ll figure that out together.”
At that moment, the door to Malibu & Ewe opened again and Noah walked through. She felt her own worry lift as he paced toward her with single-minded purpose. A kiss was already forming on his lips.
As she lifted her face for it, she composed a diary entry in her head.
Dear Diary:
This afternoon, with my sisters by my side and the man I love in my sight, I know who I am. I know exactly who I am. I’m a very—wait for it, Diary—Happy Woman.
