"Hello?" Stella also spoke. "Isn't this Lucas's phone?"
'Why is a woman answering?'
Kristin tried to make her voice sound sweet and gentle. "Are you looking for Lucas? I'm sorry, but he's in the shower right now. Is there something urgent? I can pass along a message for you."
"He's in the shower?" Stella felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her. She wondered that if he was in the shower, why he had called her.
Kristin continued, "Yes, are you a friend of his? Is there something urgent?"
"No, it's nothing important." Stella's face turned pale, her complexion drained of color.
Her mind was a mess. 'What is this woman's relationship with Lucas? Are they close?'
She had been married to Lucas for a month now and had never heard of this woman's existence.
'Is she one of
