Chapter 5
Maria decided she was awake, what she couldn’t decide was if it was safe to be. She eyed the alarm clock accusingly, but it hadn’t gone off. Not for three more minutes.
She turned it off and sat up tentatively but with only a little twinge. Perhaps, as Cassidy claimed, hangovers were lessened by good vintages and exceptional friends. For whatever reason, other than a small headache that a few aspirin would easily cure, she felt surprisingly good. In some ways she felt better than she had in a long time.
They been such…fun! Russell’s mother, Julia Morgan, despite how close they’d been, had been her employer. Julia was the billionaire’s wife, Maria was her personal chef. She’d had woman friends, but they had appeared and drifted away just as readily. Maria’s entire life had been
