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“As if I could.”
She took a breath, held it. “I quit my job.”
“Oh, baby.” Winter put down her wine, wrapped her arms around Sonya.
“I thought I could handle it, but I didn’t. I couldn’t. I let him win.”
“You stop that.” Pulling back, she gave Sonya a little shake. “You didn’t let him win a thing. It’s not a damn scorecard. You did what was best for you. Oh, I wish they’d fired the bastard!”
“For what? Cheating on me? You’re an administrative assistant in a law firm. You know that’s not grounds for firing an employee. And the rest? He’s too careful to leave any trail. Matt and Laine?”
Shaking her head, she walked over, dropped down on a counter stool. “They did all they could. I know they had conversations with him. And that probably made it worse in the long run. They’re giving me an account, a start-up I worked on, and they’re letting me takethe two weeks as paid vacation instead of working it out. They didn’t have to do that.”
“It’s not their fault. It’s no one’s fault but his. What do you want to do now?”
“I’m going to freelance. I’ve been toying with the idea for the last few weeks, and yesterday capped it off. I have savings, I have experience, I have contacts. And I have the Baby Mine account if and when they need or want what I can do. It’s a great little company, and I did good work for them.
“I’ll show you.”
She grabbed her mother’s tablet off the island, brought up the website.
“Well, that’s adorable. Oh, look at the outfits! Now I need a baby to buy them for. Wait! Sylvia—from work—she’s having her first grandchild in early December. A girl. I’m going to send her a link to this site.”
“Please do.”
“Handmade. Oh, look at the little caps. Little cat caps!”
Sonya found her mood rising as she watched her mother scroll through the site.
User-friendly, mobile-device efficient.
“Just let me send this link. You’re so talented. You got your father’s artist genes.”
“I wish I could paint like he could.”
“You paint beautifully when you want to, but that’s not your passion. This is. And it’s wonderful. There, Sylvia’s going to love it—and your clients are going to get a big order. Now, let’s have some soup and talk about your plans for your new company.”
“I’m not sure a one-woman operation qualifies as a company.”
“It absolutely does. And, not that I’m advocating revenge, but you know what they say about it?”
“What do they say about it?”
“The best revenge?” Winter lifted her eyebrows. “Success. And you’re going to rock it.”
“I’m sure as hell going to try. But before I get in too deep, I’m taking a long weekend—a long spa weekend.”
“Now, that’s just exactly what you need.”
“I’m taking my mom, my best friend, and her mom, if she can make it, with me.”
“Oh now, Sonya, you can’t afford that. Especially now.”
“I’m not shopping in Paris, am I? I didn’t shell out more thousands for a splashy, bougie wedding I didn’t even want. I sold that damn wedding dress for sixty percent of what you paid for it. And Cleo managed to get almost eight thousand back on some of the deposits.”
“She’s a clever girl.”
“So I’m taking my mom, her mom, and the clever girl for a spa weekend. It’s a personal indulgence, and I need it. You’re not allowed to say no.”
