Better Than Chocolate (32 page)

“Well, duh,” Amber said.

Dani beamed at her. “Thanks, Mom.”

She’d even suck it up and be nice at the wedding. It would be
wrong to poison her daughter’s big day with petty jealousy.

It’s not petty,
whispered her evil
twin, and Cass told her to shut up.

“I know it’s a busy time of year,” Dani said.

“’Tis the season,” Dot cracked.

The season to be jolly. That was going to be hard with her
ex-husband strutting around town, pretending to be the world’s best dad. It was
going to be hard to greet his bimbo trophy wife with good cheer. And she didn’t
even want to think about dealing with her former mother-in-law and
sister-in-law. If Santa thought this was what Cass wanted for Christmas he
needed to retire.

“This is going to be a pain in the butt for you,” Dot said to
her later, after the dishes were done and the kids were setting up the Wii
game.

Cass leaned against the kitchen counter and stared into the
contents of her coffee mug—black, just like her mood.

“But you’ll get through it.”

Of course she would. Exes were a part of life. She’d put on her
big-girl panties and deal with this. After all, it was only one day. A woman
could survive anything for just a day.

Cass managed a reluctant smile and raised her mug. “Well, then,
here’s to getting through.”

Dot clinked mugs with her. “Merry Ex-mas, kiddo.”

ISBN: 9781459241121

Copyright © 2012 by Sheila Rabe

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