THIRTEEN

Spies and Jealousy

In the span of two days, Lolita soon realized all that she was jealous. She identified and recognized the unflattering feeling whenTessa continued to hit on Hayden like her life depended on it. They were literally everywhere; Tessa talking about the past relationship she had with Hayden as if it was just yesterday and not years back. Because she was so irritated and just wanted to get the question out of her chest, he’d asked:

“How long ago did you date him, Tessa?”

Tessa had flipped her hair back, like that was the most important question she could have asked her.

“It’s been four years, give or take, but I still like everything about him.” Then she smiled at Hayden. “We were just sex partners then, but since we’ve met again and both of us are so single…”

Hayden was on a business call in the living room then. He’d heard her, and so he winked at Tessa before continuing his call. Lolita was pissed. It was silly, given that she had not felt jealous before so the feelin