Page 41

bought on a whim and had worn all of once before because

while they looked killer, they were also killer for real for her

feet and back. She’d gone to a salon that morning for an early

appointment and had her hair styled. Danica had done her

makeup before she left the house.

She didn’t want to show Dallas what she was missing.

Quinn did it as a raised middle finger that she couldn’t give

when it came to signing those papers.

Which she was still going to do. Just not today.

The lawyer would probably call in a few hours, when he

was over his shock and probably thought that she was over her

little hissy fit. The second she walked into the office, she was

annoyed by how the guy was looking at her. She realized her

mistake as soon as she walked in. Jim Johnson wasn’t very

professional. Apparently he thought ogling her was better than

getting down to actual business.

It pissed her off even more that Dallas was sitting there,

saying nothing. That she looked like a regular human being.

That is, she clearly hadn’t tried to be gorgeous, but of course

she was. Quinn hadn’t expected Dallas to look like a haggy

old witch just because she acted like one. It was a real piss off.

All of it.

Quinn normally didn’t have a temper. She wasn’t jealous

about what her grampy left Dallas. That it was the same

amount of money as he’d left the other grandkids. She wasn’t

angry that her grampy had a generous heart. She was angry, as

she’d said, that Dallas had done nothing to do deserve it. She

really had broken their grampy’s heart by just leaving like that.

Never writing him or calling him to explain or apologize.

The thing about breaking up with someone was that it