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“Fucking bastard,” Jennifer muttered as she shook her head.
When Hollis had made the call and asked for Dave to be followed for just a week, she hadn’t expected much, but at the same time she wasn’t wasting money to have him tailed for months. How wrong she’d been. In that first week, he’d been spotted with three young women.
“All students, too,” Hollis said with a sharp intake of breath.
“Unbelievable.” Jennifer sat back. “You should use this.”
“I don’t want to make this any uglier than it already is.”
“But he’s trying to take your business or half of it anyway.”
“Oh, I managed to solve that problem last week.”
“Yeah?”
Hollis nodded. “He thought I’d fight him for this house, since it is my dream home. I remodeled it exactly how I wanted it. He didn’t want to have a say in it, but I told him to keep the house if he left my business alone.”
Jen stared at her. “Hollis… This house is worth a fortune.”
“So is my business.”
“And he agreed?”
“Yes.”
Jennifer glanced at the pile of photos. “But if you used this…”
Hollis shook her head. “I want this over and done with.” As the weeks and months went by, Hollis itched to pick up her phone and text Kate, but she’d gone this long. She could make it another few weeks. Unless… She could reach out to Kate, and if things went wrong, if Dave somehow found out, at least Hollis had leverage with these photos.
“What are you thinking about?” Jennifer asked with a raised eyebrow.
“You know that spa weekend I had in April?”
“Yeah. I was pissed that you didn’t invite me,” Jen said with a laugh.
“Well, I would have if that’s what I was actually doing.” Hollis crossed one leg over the other. “I went to this lesbian weekend. Think Pride but at a hotel resort and just women.”
Both eyebrows shot up. “Hollis! I can’t believe you. You went on your own?”
“Yeah.”
Jen lunged forward, wrapping her arms around her in a warm hug. “I’m so proud of you.” She pulled back. “I can’t wait for you to be officially single, so you can go out there and meet someone.”
“I think I already have met someone,” Hollis said in just above a whisper.
“What?” Jennifer’s jaw dropped.
Hollis couldn’t keep the smile off her face as she told Jen about Kate. She’d tried so hard not to think about Kate, especially these last few months. It was November. She shouldn’t still be thinking about one weekend back in April. It didn’t make sense.
“Hollis, why haven’t you contacted her? I don’t get it.”
“Because of the divorce. Because it’s not fair to her. And I still don’t even know what chance we’d have out there in the real world. She’s eighteen years younger than me.”
“Yeah, you said that. Plenty of people make that kind of age difference work.”
“You haven’t even met her,” Hollis said with a smile tugging at her lips.
“I don’t need to. I haven’t seen your face light up like that in a long time. It’s usually reserved for a project you’re particularly proud of.”
