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lull of the afternoon. They had escaped the bustle and noise of the city and were happy to just enjoy their own company as they sat on Nate's yacht, just off the harbor, not far from his home in the Hamptons.
     
    The cocktail Lacey made was one of the recipes that she and Elaine had discovered on one of their loud and boozy Friday evenings at the apartment. Lacey had moved back in with Elaine right after leaving Cole, and her best friend was only too happy to have her back.
     
    Elaine had spent several nights drying Lacey's tears after her break up with Cole. They talked for hours into the night while Elaine tried to get Lacey to believe in herself again. Lacey's mind had been all over the place, so Elaine had a hard time convincing her that nothing that happened between her and Cole was her fault.
     
    The words, “It wasn't you, it was him.” played a large part in their conversations and so did the word, “manipulation.”  Bit by bit, Lacey got her confidence back. It wasn't until a few weeks after her break-up with Cole that Lacey felt confident about seeing Nate for a date.
     
    Gradually, over a period of months, she started seeing Nate in a proper relationship. Their reunion was well and truly sealed, which meant that during the autumn and winter months of that terrible year, Lacey and Nate were almost inseparable and going out every weekend as a proper couple.
     
    For Lacey, the time just seemed to have flown by and she was relishing her rekindled love for Nate.
     
    One of the things that kept Lacey's mind off all the terrible events of that summer was the whirlwind romance that Elaine had.
     
    Elaine, who had been sick to death of her boyfriend, complaining non-stop about everything he said or did, decided that she wanted to find a rich man like Lacey had. Her reasoning behind it was that if he turned out to be a jerk like her last boyfriend, she wouldn't start to complain about him because all she would have to do is take his credit card and go out and buy herself something new.
     
    But, after vowing to date a billionaire, Elaine actually fell in love with the janitor of a hospital.
    It would be a story that she and Lacey would talk about forever. It happened just days after Elaine met Lacey for a champagne lunch to celebrate her liberty from the controlling Cole. She treated Lacey to a pair of high heeled designer shoes so they could go out and paint the town red.
     
    “Once you go out in a pair of these your life will never be the same,” she said to a very nervous Lacey, who had never dared to go anywhere in heels that high.
     
    Later that evening, the second she and Elaine entered the swanky bar where they were supposed to be meeting Lacey's former editor, Ali Russell, for drinks, Elaine declared “this is it, Lacey, this is the moment you start living.” Immediately after she said that, she took a step and twisted her ankle, falling down in a heap just by the entrance to the bar.
     
    Just one slip and Elaine had come toppling over and had to be rushed to the ER with a swollen ankle, which Ali and Lacey insisted needed an x-ray. It swelled to the size of a melon and Elaine kept saying, “take me back to the bar. I can drink in bare feet.”
     
    In the waiting room of the ER department, the janitor had gone by with a mop and pail. He and Lacey locked eyes, and he kept walking in and out of the ER with obviously nothing to do. Each time he did, Elaine would squeeze Lacey's hand so that in the end, Lacey went over to the tall and handsome, hazel eyed janitor and introduced him to her best friend.
     
    Lacey couldn't be happier for Elaine. She could see she was truly happy and by Christmas, Elaine was married to her new man and living in their bijou apartment in the Bronx. What he lacked in money he made up for with a strong love and devotion for Elaine that money could never buy.
     
    As far as her job went, Lacey had not gone straight back to work for Holden-Taylor. She had met with Ali for