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SHARING BRENDA
Prologue
Brenda knew something seemed amiss with Kerry, but chose to ignore the obvious.The man acted like a sociopath. Everyone who’d met him, her mother, her brother Jack,Jasmine, Ted, Gabe, all warned her. Instead, she put on her happy face and went forward. Now, she was married to a philanderer—wedding reception philanderer, no less.She’d been so humiliated, she might never live it down. When she asked her bridesmaids to find Kerry for the cake cutting ceremony and Jaz found him humpingKaren, her maid of honor, in the coat closet, word spread like wildfire. Jaz would never have said anything, but her gossipy Aunt Hilda saw it too, and soon every guest at thereception knew and looked at her with pity. She felt so ashamed, she drank a full bottle of tequila and passed out.Apparently, Jasmine’s husband Ted found her. She remembered him stroking her hair and kissing her cheek, saying he would get Jaz. She must have passed out again, for shewoke in an unfamiliar bedroom, wearing an unfamiliar nightgown. The minute shelooked out the bedroom door, she knew she’d been taken to Jaz’s place. What asweetheart, taking care of her after she passed out. Then she remembered the hurt, theembarrassment, the agony of the previous night. Now, for almost a week, she lay in a bed she’d barely left, in a room she’d never left.All she did was think and sleep. Her friend Jasmine and her husbands Ted and Gabe wereso concerned, they took her on their Honeymoon to Honolulu to keep an eye on her.Her attention drew to the door as she heard the door latch click and the door swingopen. In a second, Jaz was beside her wearing a bright smile. She felt her forehead andthen stroked her hair. “Okay, I know what happened to you was terrible, but that’s in the past. Starting right now, you’re going to start living in the present with an eye to thefuture.” She went to the window wall and pulled the drapes open. “This is the last fullday before you head back to Dallas and start working for Camilla, and you’re going to bestuck with me. Just you and I like in the old days. Sound like fun?”This is why Brenda loved Jaz. Taking a day from her honeymoon to be with her. Tocheer her up. She already felt better. She sat up and stretched. “Sounds like fun, but youshouldn’t—”Jaz laid a finger across her lips. “That’s nonsense and you know it. I love you like asister and you would do the same for me if our positions were reversed. Now, you’regoing to start with a shower because, frankly…you need one. Then we’re going to spendone fun day and night together, just you and me.”
Chapter 1
The flight to Dallas was long and uneventful, but at least she fondly thought of her fun last day with Jaz instead of dreading her personal tragedy.Jaz was so vivacious, it rubbed off on her, and she had one of the best days of her life.They started with breakfast in the Hula Grill. Then showing off her new slimmer figure,she donned her micro-bikini. Male heads turned as they walked down the beach. She feltespecially good from the wolf-whistles and catcalls from a group of surfers.They followed that up with lunch at the cabana where a very cute Hawaiian waiter asked her out. She was flattered, but gently turned him down. Jaz, however, asked if he’dlike to guide them around to the hot spots for a night of dancing. After an afternoon of shopping and a gourmet dinner, they went dancing until the wee hours. They visited threeclubs where men asked her to dance at least a hundred times, and she danced with at leasthalf of them. She smiled when she remembered one of the highlights; an especially good-looking young native Hawaiian danced with her.“Didn’t I see you on the beach when I was surfing this morning?”“Maybe, I was there with my friend.”When the song ended and a slow number began, he took her in his arms. “Yeah, youwere there. Girl you are hot!” Then the kiss. Wow, what a kiss. He wanted more, and hadher thinking about it too. For the sake of her honor, their guide took them to another club.They got back at three a.m., she slept until one, and Ted took her to the airport atthree the next afternoon. The whole day had been a great way to start her fresh, brandnew life. Ted had phoned ahead to Camilla to inform her Brenda’s plane would arrive aroundseven a.m. and she sent one of the ranch hands to pick Brenda up from Dallas-Fort WorthInternational Airport. The plane arrived late, so when she disembarked, a very nicelooking cowboy with shoulder length golden brown hair and gray-blue eyes, hat in hand,welcomed her with a smile and a handshake. “Hi, I’m Billy Joe Watkins, and I’m your chauffeur for as long as you need me.”She shook his hand. As she appraised him, he did the same with her, although she hadthe distinct feeling his assessment went deeper than hers. He seemed well-built in a wiryathletic way. His long weathered face had a square jaw and dimpled chin. He had highcheekbones, and even when he smiled, his eyes had a sad look, reminding her of Sylvester Stallone. However, the eyes themselves appeared bright and jocular. “Nice to
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