“Hello beautiful.”

Lyndsay smiled as she heard the familiar voice. “I hope you don’t always answer your phone that way.”

Angie laughed…. “Only when I know it’s a beautiful brunette with gorgeous brown eyes and an ass to die for”.

“Hmmm…..that could be any one of a number of women you know.”

“Come on Lynds you know I only say that when you call.”

“Uh huh….”

“Lynds…..”

“Hey I’m just teasing you. You better not be talking like that to other women.”

“Only you baby….only you.”

The two shared a lengthy conversation discussing what they would do next week when Lyndsay ‘came to visit’ Angie in New York. Little did the young Ms Porter know the surprise that would await her the following day.

After completing her call, Angie headed off to bed so that she would be up early to get to the resort for her meeting.

The next morning……

“Good morning K P Gallery, Meg speaking.”

“Hi Meg it’s Lyndsay.”

Meg smiled when she realized who the caller was. However, Angie had been growly bear the past few days so she decided to play it up with Lyndsay to get back at her for causing the rukus.

“You owe me big time there girly. Do you know that she is still fuming at me for scheduling this “meeting” for her. She called me at home this morning at 6:30AM to growl at me one more time before she left the city.”

Lyndsay laughed.

“It’s not funny. I tell you Lynds, next time I need a favour….just remember YOU OWE ME!!”

Still laughing, Lyndsay apologized once more. “I’m really sorry Meg. I promise I will make it up to you. I really appreciate all your help. I just hope she isn’t too growly when she gets here.”

“Oh she will be fine by the time she gets there. She will have kicked into full Porter all business mode and she will be calm and cool.”

“I sure hope so. I just wanted us to have a romantic weekend together for our first Valentine’s together and I know if I had given her the chance she would have gone way over-board in planning something.”

Meg chuckled to herself. Angie in fact had been thinking of whisking Lyndsay away for a romantic weekend together in Paris and in true Porter fashion it would have been over the top. Luckily, Lyndsay had beaten her to it and got Meg on board as her accomplice to ensure that Angie didn’t get a chance to do anything crazy. While this frustrated Angie, she had agreed to the meeting with the client because they were a very wealthy client and had helped Angie out on several occasions when she was first starting out. Lyndsay had also met them and they were enthralled by her as much as they had been with Angie. So when Lyndsay had called them and asked for their help in pulling off this little rendezvous, they were more than willing to help. Even when Angie had talked to them personally they played along with the game so that she would not suspect a thing.

“Lyndsay, were you able to get the stuff you wanted from the apartment yesterday?”

“Oh yeah, that was no trouble at all. The door man knows me already, and I have a key so it was no trouble to sneak in and pack a bag for her. I have everything she will need over the next few days.”

“So when will you two be back?”

“Monday night. I am going to stay in New York for the week, but Angie doesn’t know that yet. I wanted to surprise her.”

“She will be thrilled to have you here. She’s always in a better mood when you are in town.”

“I know how she feels Meg. I just miss her so much when I am in North Carolina.”

“How much longer are you going to do this long distance thing?”

“I don’t know. I have some pretty big projects on the go and to tell you the truth, I’m not sure that Angie is ready for me to be here full time!”

Meg shook her head. Lyndsay still had reservations occasionally with regards to Angie. Like she couldn’t believe that what they shared was real. Little did the young artist know that Angie was longing for the day when they could be together all the time.

“Trust me Lyndsay. She wants you here.”

“Maybe one day. For now, I am going to give Angelica Kennard-Porter a weekend she will not soon forget.”

The two finished their conversation and Lyndsay set about preparing for the arrival of her girlfriend the next morning.