dancin’ talent. He’s got a real good sense of rhythm, if you know what I mean.”
“I’ll drink to that,” Sharon said, setting a bowl of nuts on the coffee table and taking another sip of cosmo.
“And after having said those nice things about Patrick I have two excitin’ things to show you girls,” Julie said. She stuck her left hand out and displayed a ring. It was a platinum band dotted with tiny diamonds.
Cate and Sharon gasped at the ring.
“It’s not!” Sharon said.
“It is,” Julie said. “We got married when we were in Birmingham. He was just so cute doin’ that hula gooney bird dance that I lost my head. And that isn’t all. I have somethin’ else to show you.” Julie pulled an envelope out of her pocket. “Look at this! It’s my first ever check from my publisher. My book won’t be published for a whole year yet, but I got a check for signing. It’s not like it’s millions or anything, but it’s a start. And I can buy a couch and a bed now. Patrick’ll like that. Poor thing’s wearing the hair off his knees.”
Cate raised her glass again. “To Julie!”
“To all of us,” Julie said. “We’re like the three princesses who found their Prince Charmin’s and lived happily ever after.”
JANET EVANOVICH
Leanne Banks
