Free Crossroad To Love (Fab Five Series) by Anna Kristell

enterprise by making the
coffee to keep you two awake all night.” Marianne laughed as they all turned to
look at her. It was good to see her smiling again.
    A little while later, Katy had excused herself to go into
the bedroom and call Alex to tell him her news. While she was gone, Lizzie
worriedly told the other two about the scene she had walked in on with Ryan and
Katy at the restaurant. “You don’t think she’s getting in way over her head
with this guy, do you? After all, isn’t he a confirmed bachelor?”
    “Maybe they have more in common than you think, Liz. They
have both been alone a long time. It could be just the thing they both need,”
Angie replied, with a thoughtful smile. “Maybe at heart he is not the confirmed
bachelor that the gossips make him out to be. And on another note, why can’t
they just have a fling, if that’s what they both want? It doesn’t have to be a
match made in heaven for all time.”
    “Let’s just wait it out and see what happens for now. After
all, she just met the guy. We may by worrying about her needlessly,” Marianne
offered.
    “What did you two do while we were out?” Lizzie looked at
her friends, changing the subject.
    The two of them laughed as Angie replied, “We enjoyed the
peace and quiet. You two were driving us bonkers this morning before you left.”
    Lizzie rolled her eyes at her friends and said, “Let’s see
about dinner. Afterwards, I need to call Rex and break the news to him that my
ads have just gotten a client for us in Texas and he has to fly out here to do
the paperwork. I wonder how he is going to react to all this.”
    “You stick to your guns, Lizzie. You worked hard for this
and you have earned his respect and undying love,” Angie advised her friend
with a grin.
    Katy came out of the bedroom with news, “Alex was very happy
for me. He is very supportive of my newfound career ideas.” Her son was in her
corner, as he always had been.
    “Katy, that’s great,” Lizzie said. “Now let’s order dinner.
I am starved. Working makes me hungry for junk food.”
    The other three laughed. Everything made Lizzie hungry for
junk food. It was a mystery how she had stayed thin all these years. They
decided to order room service and stay in that night since they had been up
late the night before. And Lizzie still had an important phone call to make.
They called in their order, Lizzie of course ordering a burger and fries,
opened a bottle of wine, and sat down to relax. They went over the events of
the day and began to make their plans for the next day. Tomorrow was already Tuesday.
The week was going to go much too quickly. Lizzie and Katy were going back to
the restaurant in the morning and the other two would ride along. From there,
they planned to do some sightseeing. They were going to tour the old ‘South
Fork’ ranch from the TV show ‘Dallas.’
    Marianne remarked, “I heard they are going to resurrect the
show and will be filming there soon, so tours will be halted when that starts.”
She also wanted to take them downtown to see some sights, such as the Sixth
Street Museum and a few other places of interest. And of course, there would be
more shopping and lunch.
    “Sounds like a plan to me,” Angie said as she opened the
door to let the waiter in with their dinner. “Lizzie, dear, your junk food has
arrived.” She signed for the check, adding a generous tip for the waiter, and
proceeded to dole out the food. Lizzie was the only one who had ordered a
burger. The rest of the group opted for salads.
    “You guys don’t know what you’re missing,” Lizzie teased as
she dipped a French fry into her ketchup and took a bite. “Yum, yum, this is so
good.”
    “I’ll pass, thank you very much. My grilled chicken salad is
fine for me.” Mari laughed as she speared a piece of chicken with her fork.
    “I’ll take my Cobb salad any day over that greasy junk,”
Angie agreed.
    “And I am content to stick to my Caesar salad,” Katy