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“I’ll let you get going then,” Jenna told him before stepping aside and readying her earphones to slip them back on.
“We’ll see you ‘round!”
Jenna nodded and took off to continue her jog, chancing a glance back to see the little girl climbing excitedly in the car and Harrison greeting Tara with a sweet peck on the lips. They really did look like a happy little family. She finished up her jog and walked back home to hop in the shower, thinking of the string of bad relationships in her past.
“It’s not like I’m sad or jealous,” she told Kelly over the phone after her shower. “I’m just curious, you know?”
“Curious how that sort of love is? Yeah, I get you. He seems like a nice guy. Maybe you inadvertently made a new friend,” Kelly said.
“Maybe,” Jenna replied. “It’s weird to me that someone like Harrison is friends or whatever with someone like that Michael guy,” she thought aloud.
“What Michael guy?” Kelly sounded… off. It was like something had come to mind and she was wondering about it but Jenna was confused as to what it had to do with Michael.
“He was this guy Harrison was with at breakfast yesterday. Seemed like a jerk,” she said.
“How did he look, Jen?”
Jenna pulled her head away from the phone to look at the screen for a second as if that would clear up the questions now running through her mind. Then she thought back on how Carly had mentioned something about Michael looking familiar. Was the same thing happening now with Kelly? Was Michael someone of note? If he was, she could already feel the disdain boiling up in her chest. The idea of him being an arrogant jerk who, on top of it all, was actually a noteworthy person made her think he was even worse than she’d already judged him to be.
“I don’t know. I tried not to pay too much attention to him,” she finally said.
“Jenna, come on, you have to remember something!”
“He looked tall and had dark brown hair. I can’t remember his eyes,” she trailed off. She’d made it a point to avoid eye contact with the man. Kelly sighed exasperatedly.
“Are you going to the bachelorette auction?”
Jenna’s mind blanked; that had sure been an abrupt change in conversation.
“Yes,” she responded tersely. “And before you badger me again, I’ll do it.”
Kelly squealed excitedly.
“Yeah, yeah,” Jenna said, not amused.
“Well, guess we’ll find out then if the Michael I’m thinking of is the one you saw!”
“What?” Jenna’s mouth went slack.
“Michael Black is going to be there, and it’s a good thing he is. He’s only one of the wealthiest men in our age range and, well, in general. It’ll be great for the cause.”
“But it won’t be great for me,” Jenna thought begrudgingly.
Chapter Four
It was Friday morning but Jenna wasn’t relaxing in the park on her day off like she would have liked. Instead, she was holed up in her bedroom sitting on the floor in front of her closet trying to figure out what to wear in a few hours to the bachelorette auction. More than ever she found herself deeply regretting giving into Kelly’s pestering her to be on the auction block. But it was too late to drop out now and she would never want to let her best friend down. Just then, Jenna’s doorbell rang. She climbed off the floor and trudged over, not bothering to check who was on the other side before yanking it open.
“Surprise!” Kelly held up a large bag from a major department store, shaking it.
“Come in,” Jenna said, stepping aside. “What’s this about?”
“Well,” Jenna started as she pulled out a sleek box from the bag, “I thought you might like something new to wear tonight.”
She placed the box on Jenna’s coffee table and pushed it toward her, large grin on her face. Jenna hesitated for a moment before carefully pulling off the lid to check out what Kelly had picked for her. It was a turquoise and black dress with lace which, even at first glance, looked quite sexy in a tasteful way. It was not the type of dress Jenna typically wore but, then again, how often was she part of a bachelorette auction?
“Try it on,” Kelly said excitedly with quick, little claps.
Jenna stood up and walked to her bedroom to get changed, not having the heart to disappoint her bright-eyed best friend; not to mention she didn’t have a clue what to wear in the first place. The dress, which had just an hourglass turquoise colored fabric on the front and lace elsewhere, looked stunning. The sweetheart neckline did wonders to show off her very large, round breasts and it was overall just a very sexy, flattering look. If she’d seen the dress at the store she wouldn’t have even thought of trying it on; but she had to admit it was quite perfect on her and even more so for the event. She walked out of the bedroom and as soon as Kelly laid eyes on her, she gasped.
