His head lifted, and I could see in his big brown eyes that he thought the same thing I did. Yes. She was most definitely lying.
However, there was only one way to find out.
I tapped her image, and it brought up her contact info. I pressed the phone icon to dial.
“Here goes nothing,” I told Waldo.
“Laikyn?” Monica sounded breathless and full of wonder.
“It’s me.”
“It’s you, honey. It’s really you.”
We’d already established that.
“It’s so good to hear from you, sweetheart. I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. There’s so much going on. You were the first person I wanted to tell.”
“To tell what?”
“I’m getting married, honey.”
Screeeeeeeeech.
That was the sound of my world coming to a grinding halt. “What?”
“I know. It seems soon, but it’s not. You, of all people, know what it’s like. When you know, you know.”
I sat up straight, staring at the blank screen of the TV, waiting for her to enlighten me. She didn’t disappoint.
“His name’s Devon Ledger. You remember him, don’t you, honey?”
I frowned. The name was familiar, but I couldn’t place him.
“He’s an attorney. One of the best.”
Best what? Criminal defense? Family law? Bankruptcy? Entertainment?
I didn’t ask her any of those questions because she plowed right through.
“I ran into him at an event a couple of weeks ago.”
Meaning she instigated a meeting and made it look as though it was a happy accident.
“We got to talking about some financial matters I’m dealing with.”
Meaning she made up a story to catch his interest.
“It’s been a whirlwind ever since.”
Meaning she seduced him, kept him in her bed, and convinced him they would live happily ever after.
“He proposed two days later.”
Lovely.
“Aren’t you going to congratulate me, Laikyn?”
For what? There wasn’t even a tiny part of me that believed she would go through with this. I honestly couldn’t count how many marriage proposals Monica had gotten over the years. Or how many of those she’d accepted on a whim only to renege later. Her only stipulation was that she waited long enough that it would seem like a betrayal for her to give the ring back.
