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Chapter One - Dumped
“Good afternoon, Hollywood Cosmetic Treatment Center, The Stars Best Secret.”
“Hi Bernine. This is Lila. Is my hubby there?”
“Hello, Mrs. Patterson. He’s not here. He left for lunch about noon, like he always does.”
“Really? That’s odd. I’m here waiting for him at the country club. We were supposed to meet here for lunch forty-five minutes ago, but he called me a half hour ago and…”
Whoa! You better watch what you say to the receptionist .
“Oh well, I’m sure he’ll be along shortly. Thank’s Bernine.”
“You’re welcome.”
If he left an hour ago, why’d he call and tell me he’d be a half hour late, because his appointments ran over. Hmm. Something fishy is going on here.
“Waiter?”
The handsome, young waiter came over with a smile. “Yes ma’am. Are you ready to order?”
“Not yet. Would you take this wine? I think I’d like something stronger. Bring me a naked lady.”
He smiled and saluted. “Yes ma’am. One naked lady coming up for the pretty lady.”
I smiled as he walked away. Nice ass, too.
Lila!
Sorry.
I didn’t know whether to be worried or mad when Lamar failed to show. After waiting an hour and a half at the country club, I gave up and headed home in my Cadillac Escalade. When I got home, my day went from lousy to ghastly . Lamar was standing outside with our friend and lawyer Daniel, directing movers as they loaded furniture, boxes and clothes— my clothes— into a moving van.
He’d kept me waiting for almost two hours while he did God knows what and I was pissed! I revved the engine and drove the car, up over the curb across the sidewalk onto the lawn, screeching to a halt a couple yards from my husband and Daniel.
I should’a ran the ‘son of a bitch’ over, but I didn’t know that yet. Daniel saw me coming out of the side of his eye and leapt a couple feet vertically and horizontally, however, Lamar, apparently unperturbed, ignored me and acted as if I wasn’t there. I jumped out of the car, slammed the door and stormed up to Lamar, screeching, “What the fuck is going on?”
“Hi Lila,” Daniel said.
My husband turned to Daniel and growled, “Do it!”
An, aw-shucks, embarrassed look formed on Daniel’s face as he turned to face me. He reached inside his coat pocket and pulled out some papers. “Lila, you and Lamar are both friends of mine, but as Lamar’s attorney, I have to do this.”
I frowned and glared strangely at him. “Do what?”
His hand held the papers out to me. “Serve this divorce petition to you.”
* * * *
Lila crumpled to the ground like a marionette, whose strings had been severed. I glanced at Lamar. “I told you.” I knelt down beside her. “You’re the doctor. Aren’t you going to do something?”
He raised his arms out and collapsed them back against his sides. “She fainted.”
I pressed my fingers and thumb to the inside and outside of her wrist. Thank God she had a pulse. I gazed up at Lamar.
“Well?” he asked.
“She has a pulse.”
“She’ll be all right.”
I pursed my lips to the side of my face. “No thanks to you.”
“Since you’re so concerned for her wellbeing, keep an eye on her, will you? I have to go.”
I nodded. “What you did was cruel, humiliating and unnecessary. I could have had her come into my office and explained everything.”
“I wanted her to know the break was irrevocable. It’s done and I gotta go. Caviar is expecting me.”
I watched as he turned and walked to his shiny white Hummer. It was obvious Lamar’s newfound fame as cosmetic surgery to the stars had gone to his head. This was not the same man who was my friend in college.
* * * *
To my surprise I woke up on the living room divan while Daniel held a cold, wet compress to my head. “Are you all right?”
I forced my eyes to focus on Dan’s smiling face. “I’m too stunned to know.”
He scratched his head. “Lila,
Chapter One - Dumped
“Good afternoon, Hollywood Cosmetic Treatment Center, The Stars Best Secret.”
“Hi Bernine. This is Lila. Is my hubby there?”
“Hello, Mrs. Patterson. He’s not here. He left for lunch about noon, like he always does.”
“Really? That’s odd. I’m here waiting for him at the country club. We were supposed to meet here for lunch forty-five minutes ago, but he called me a half hour ago and…”
Whoa! You better watch what you say to the receptionist .
“Oh well, I’m sure he’ll be along shortly. Thank’s Bernine.”
“You’re welcome.”
If he left an hour ago, why’d he call and tell me he’d be a half hour late, because his appointments ran over. Hmm. Something fishy is going on here.
“Waiter?”
The handsome, young waiter came over with a smile. “Yes ma’am. Are you ready to order?”
“Not yet. Would you take this wine? I think I’d like something stronger. Bring me a naked lady.”
He smiled and saluted. “Yes ma’am. One naked lady coming up for the pretty lady.”
I smiled as he walked away. Nice ass, too.
Lila!
Sorry.
I didn’t know whether to be worried or mad when Lamar failed to show. After waiting an hour and a half at the country club, I gave up and headed home in my Cadillac Escalade. When I got home, my day went from lousy to ghastly . Lamar was standing outside with our friend and lawyer Daniel, directing movers as they loaded furniture, boxes and clothes— my clothes— into a moving van.
He’d kept me waiting for almost two hours while he did God knows what and I was pissed! I revved the engine and drove the car, up over the curb across the sidewalk onto the lawn, screeching to a halt a couple yards from my husband and Daniel.
I should’a ran the ‘son of a bitch’ over, but I didn’t know that yet. Daniel saw me coming out of the side of his eye and leapt a couple feet vertically and horizontally, however, Lamar, apparently unperturbed, ignored me and acted as if I wasn’t there. I jumped out of the car, slammed the door and stormed up to Lamar, screeching, “What the fuck is going on?”
“Hi Lila,” Daniel said.
My husband turned to Daniel and growled, “Do it!”
An, aw-shucks, embarrassed look formed on Daniel’s face as he turned to face me. He reached inside his coat pocket and pulled out some papers. “Lila, you and Lamar are both friends of mine, but as Lamar’s attorney, I have to do this.”
I frowned and glared strangely at him. “Do what?”
His hand held the papers out to me. “Serve this divorce petition to you.”
* * * *
Lila crumpled to the ground like a marionette, whose strings had been severed. I glanced at Lamar. “I told you.” I knelt down beside her. “You’re the doctor. Aren’t you going to do something?”
He raised his arms out and collapsed them back against his sides. “She fainted.”
I pressed my fingers and thumb to the inside and outside of her wrist. Thank God she had a pulse. I gazed up at Lamar.
“Well?” he asked.
“She has a pulse.”
“She’ll be all right.”
I pursed my lips to the side of my face. “No thanks to you.”
“Since you’re so concerned for her wellbeing, keep an eye on her, will you? I have to go.”
I nodded. “What you did was cruel, humiliating and unnecessary. I could have had her come into my office and explained everything.”
“I wanted her to know the break was irrevocable. It’s done and I gotta go. Caviar is expecting me.”
I watched as he turned and walked to his shiny white Hummer. It was obvious Lamar’s newfound fame as cosmetic surgery to the stars had gone to his head. This was not the same man who was my friend in college.
* * * *
To my surprise I woke up on the living room divan while Daniel held a cold, wet compress to my head. “Are you all right?”
I forced my eyes to focus on Dan’s smiling face. “I’m too stunned to know.”
He scratched his head. “Lila,
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