The Billionaire's Revenge (The Blank Check #6) - Jeannette Winter Page 0,8

Mom just made brownies. I’ll bring them with me for dessert,” Bobbi said.

When the call ended, Gianna no longer was tired. If anything, she was almost as excited as Bobbi. But the clothes that she was passing along really should’ve been given away a long time ago. These weren’t things she’d purchased. It was the wardrobe that Marvin had purchased for her. She’d kept it all these years as a reminder never to be blinded by bling again. It was time for her to close that chapter in her life for good now. And by giving it to Bobbi, that was yet just another positive thing coming out of her stupid mistake.

Looks like my day just turned around for the better.

She called and placed the pizza order. Hawaiian. It had become her favorite since the night Jordan had brought it. Although she had to admit, none of them ever tasted as good.

Gianna’s cell phone rang again, and she looked at the caller ID. It was Mary-Lou. Oh how she missed her friends. Answering it she asked with a laugh in her tone, “What’s the drama of the day?”

“Oh you’re not going to believe who I just saw.”

“Mary-Lou, I don’t have time for guessing games. I have someone coming over.”

“Please tell me it’s a date,” Mary-Lou pleaded.

Gianna rolled her eyes. “You date enough for the both of us.”

“I know. I hope you see the problem with that,” she said. “If you don’t pick up the pace, there won’t be any guys left in Queens for you to date.”

“Unless you’ve forgotten, I don’t live in Queens any longer,” she reminded her friend.

“Well you’ll be glad you’re not when I tell you who I saw. Marvin came in the bar. I can’t believe he had the guts to show up here.”

“Mary-Lou, it’s been twelve years. I think it’s time for you to let it go. I have.” That didn’t mean her stomach didn’t turn when she heard his name. Gianna hadn’t seen or heard from him. The anger behind it faded with the hope of receiving any apology from him.

“Gianna, you know me better than that. I mean he just walked in and sat down as though he’d never hurt my best friend.”

“Please tell me you didn’t assault him.” She still couldn’t believe Marvin even went there. He’d stopped in once when they were pretending to date just so it looked believable to even her friends. But she had to hear his whining for hours afterwards about how he didn’t frequent places like that. Gianna never told Mary-Lou because it’d only have pissed her off even more.

“I wouldn’t say pouring a beer on his head was assault,” she laughed. “You should’ve seen his face. He was livid. Marvin started mouthing off, which isn’t wise in that place. You know how these guys are.”

“I do. What happened?” She asked, but not sure she really wanted to know.

“Just before he was about to get his ass beat, his friend showed up and dragged his sorry ass out of there.”

“Which friend?”

“I forget. I think his name was Justin or something,” Mary-Lou said.

“Jordan?”

“Yeah that’s it. God that man is gorgeous. I wouldn’t have minded him hanging around longer. But he was probably as pissed off at Marvin as I was. Too bad you weren’t here to see it.”

“I’m glad I wasn’t. I told you, Marvin is history,” she said firmly.

“But you’re not even curious as to why he was here?” Mary-Lou asked.

Of course she was. It didn’t make any sense for him to show up there. He wasn’t from Queens and as far as she knew, he didn’t know anyone there except for her. God, please tell me he’s not looking for me. She said it was all in the past, but the truth was, the hurt really never left. He was supposed to have been a friend and friends don’t treat friends like the way he did her.

“No. I’m not interested one bit,” she replied.

“Well I guess that’s a good thing, because I haven’t got a clue anyway. I poured the beer before asking,” she laughed.

Gianna chuckled. “You’re crazy, do you know that?”

“Yup. But at least I still know how to laugh. When was the last time you just relaxed and had a good time?”

She couldn’t recall. There was always one more thing she needed to do before taking a breather. Tonight was a prime example of that. “I’m busy right now, but I promise next time I’m in Queens, we are going to party it