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Monique brushed biscuit crumbs off her lap. “The best day of my life.”
“Congratulations. Dare I ask why?”
“Because…” Monique blushed, even though nobody was there to see her embarrassment. “I think I’m in love.”
The silence on the other end made her wonder if Etta was about to chastise her. “With that Warner woman?”
“Helen Warner, yes.”
“I see.”
“Etta.”
“I’m happy for you.”
“You sure you aren’t jealous?”
“Why would I be jealous? Besides, I’d be a hypocrite if I told you not to go around falling in love all willy-nilly.”
“Indeed. Yet I feel like there’s a ‘but’ coming on.”
“No buts. Just that… I did some digging on your girlfriend.”
“Of course you did.”
Whatever Etta was eating, it probably wasn’t as good as these English biscuits. “Don’t know what you want me to say. She is beyond boring. No wonder I couldn’t remember her. Woman sequesters herself in offices and signs off on buyouts and sells. Bunch of money simmering in the stock market and property investments.”
“You sound disappointed.”
“You know me, Monique. I like people who are go-getters and start innovative businesses. Seems your Ms. Warner saves all her innovations for the bedroom, not the boardroom.”
“I’m not complaining.”
“Again, I’m happy for you.” The line crackled. Where was she going? “Her whole family is boring, minus some events her father was involved in a long time ago. Oh, and I have it on good authority that Ms. Evelyn Warner has left a string of broken hearts and thighs in her wake. I suggest you don’t go falling for her Sapphic charms.”
“I think I’m safe.”
“Regardless, I am happy for you. You deserve all the happiness and spankings in the world, my dear.”
“Don’t get me riled up again. Don’t think my current girlfriend would appreciate my ex doing that.”
“If she has a problem with me, she can come find me in the boardroom.”
“Ah, the pissing contests of the elite.”
“Better than drawing blood.”
“Like how you and Jacqueline used to fight about nothing all the time?”
“Don’t go bringing her up. You need to stop thinking about her.”
Monique frowned for the first time in many hours. “It’s not that easy. Even with Helen, I am always thinking about her.”
“You’ll find that it goes away after a while.”
“How would you know?”
Etta sighed. “Because it has to be true.”
