CHAPTER TWO-1
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CHAPTER TWO
“Oh Bel, you’re gonna come, right?” Stacy pleaded over the phone. “I know it’s short notice, but it would mean the world to us if you were here.”
“Wouldn’t miss it, Stacy,” Bella answered. “As a matter of fact, I’m putting a bag together now. Where are you staying?”
“Planet Hollywood. We already booked you a room. Are you flying or driving?”
“I was thinking I’d drive it, but I found a deal on a round-trip. Southwest flight 627 landing there around nine. Pick me up at the airport?”
“You know it. See you in a while, Bel!”
Bella hung up the phone and smiled to herself as she threw a couple more things into her suitcase.
Thanksgiving break as a bridesmaid in Vegas...
Not quite what she had planned, but she was genuinely pleased for Stacy and Brad. And it beat spending the short holiday break all alone in the new one-bedroom apartment she’d just moved into.
Grandpa had called a couple of weeks ago and sheepishly asked if she would be okay on her own for the holiday. Great Uncle Max had finally convinced Manfred to take a vacation; the two widowers were on a single seniors’ cruise in the Bahamas.
She quickly reviewed the contents of her suitcase then added her hairbrush and other toiletries into the mix. Snapping her suitcase shut, Bella moved it into the living room by the front door.
She made sure her answering machine was turned on, grabbed her purse and keys, and headed out her door. Locking it securely behind her, she made her way to the elevator, then down to the truck.
Traffic and the trip through security were both lighter than she expected. She made it to her gate with twenty minutes to kill. Bella plugged her earbuds into her iPod and opened the paperback she had brought.
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