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"Honey, are you sure he didn’t have the faintest idea that you knew the Morenos?" Bell’s cautious tone was even gentler now "That being with you would give hiina asked, completely insulted now "No, of course not He had no idea When he told me about her, he mentioned her naht be this Sofia" She turned to Alex now, attetilare at him "And there was no way he would know I had any association with any of you"
"Sweetheart, I never said--"
"No one is accusing hiina on the arm "And Alex never once insinuated that this was the case, hon It was just soina said, no longer holding back her irritation
She saw Valerie and Bell exchange glances, and then Bell took a deep breath "Did he tell you that, even after he arned to stay away fro to her? Then when she told hiain that he needed to stay away, he showed up at their ho her?" Bell asked with a wince "That he was coe scene just outside their home? And only after he’d been beaten pretty badly did he finally leave?"
Now Regina was stunned silent She turned to Alex and Valerie Both looked at her with sympathy "Brandon stalked Sofia?"
That was a far cry from the tidbit he’d shared with her about this
"I wouldn’t call it stalking, G" Alex said "We never heard froed "He was drunk People do all kinds of stupid shit when they’re drunk"
"I heard that" Ro a deal really, but Valerie didn’t feel right not saying anything Like I said, it’s been years We’ve all ain "Shit happens" He turned to Bell as he pushed his chair back, and Valerie begun to push hers back as well "I seriously doubt he had a clue Gina knew us Brandon’s no dummy If he’s with your sister, it’s because he knohat a catch she is"
Alex winked at Gina, and under normal circumstances, she would’ve felt flattered Instead, herwith questions Mostly she wanted to know if there was more she didn’t know Alex and Valerie may’ve wanted to er to share any to see the
They both nodded and then hugged her good-bye Alex once again reo and even said that if her gut told her Brandon was a good guy then he probably was
Romero started in on Alex about their new SUV Bell had already ina that she and Romero were in the market for a new SUV as well Just like that, the subject of Brandon was axed as the two couples began talking about Alex and Valerie’s Escalade
Regina excused herself to the bathrooood-byes as the two couples walked out the front together They were now coed in the conversation about how much room the back of the escalade had for the strollers and other baby things they constantly traveled with
After using the bathrooain He slept soundly, and she smiled, but her mind was still on Brandon Romero and Bell walked back into the house just as she walked out of the hallway
"Co at the dining roo back to the front door "I wanna ’s still cool with the kids" He shook his head "I told them to just stay home I’m surprised those two ain’t banned fro back to Gina "The first tiot stuck in one of the tubes Another tiing one of the galad that Bell wasn’t juht back into the subject of Brandon She was still trying to digest everything they’d just told her She didn’t think she could take anymore
Justa pie "I just missed them?" she asked with a frown
"Alex and Valerie?" Bell asked then nodded "Yep, they left just a few o"
"Oh well," Pat said "More pie for us It’s Razzleberry, Bell Your favorite" She turned to Regina as she set it down on the table Bell was already on her way into the kitchen "I’ll get chocolate crea at the pie It was just what she needed to get her muddled mind off Brandon and Sofia Bell came back with plates and silverware
"Seriously, Gina," she said as she set the plates down "I hope you don’t think I was trying to insinuate that Brandon was in any way using you for his own ulterior motives He seeht so, didn’t you?" she asked Pat as they both took seats at the table
Pat nodded but looked confused and turned to Regina "Why would you think Bell was insinuating he was using you?" She then turned to Bell evena brow "What ulterior motives would he have?"