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touched him it probably did throw him a bit, but don’t have any doubts about this. Sterling is very attracted to you.”
    “Every time I come to your job for a visit I’ve seen the way he watches you when he thinks no one is looking at him. He’s going to make another move and it will be sooner than you think. You can bet on it.”
    Sasha was dumbfounded by Akisha’s comments. Why is Akisha telling me all of this when I know it isn’t the truth ?
    She believed her sisters would be on her side about Sterling’s behavior today, but they were proving to her that blood wasn’t thicker than water. Akisha and Genise were doing the exact opposite. They were siding with Sterling. How could they do this to her?
    “How about we just drop it?” she suggested, knowing that she wasn’t going to get anywhere with them.
    “I want to know what the two of you have been up to today,” she said, changing the subject. “Did anything exciting happen? It seems like trouble follows my two little sisters no matter where they go.”
    Sasha wanted to move the topic on to something else because she was done talking about her horrible day. Sometimes her sisters didn’t know how to take a hint, but she hoped right now it would be different.
    After things went atrociously wrong at work, Sasha wasn’t going to stay on after the promotion at Comforts Sleep Company campaign was over. She would give her two weeks’ notice as soon as possible. She had to leave before Sterling tried to make her forgive him.
    Anyway, she was beginning to think her time could be better spent working exclusively at Luxury with Rachelle. She only hoped that her big sister wasn’t going to fight her on this. However, she wouldn’t know until Rachelle got back from her honeymoon.
    “Sasha, Genise and I know how once you get your mind set on something it’s hard for anyone to change it, but I really think you should listen to us and not blow off Sterling so quickly. Yes, I’ve only met him twice, but I consider myself a very good judge of character.”
    “Sterling comes across like a really good guy. I think he would make an excellent boyfriend for you. He couldn’t be any more horrible than the guy you dated about three years ago,” Akisha said, trying to push the issue home one last time.
    “Akisha, will you please just leave it alone?” Sasha sighed. “I’m done with Sterling. I’m going to move on.”
    “Fine, I’ll leave it alone for now, but I think you’re wrong about Sterling,” Akisha snapped, picked up her plate off the table, and then stormed off.
    Taken back by Akisha’s reaction, Sasha sat in silence as her sister disappeared into the kitchen. Akisha wasn’t prone to getting upset so easily when someone disagreed with her.
    Something else was up with her. So, what was going on?
    “What’s wrong with her?” She looked back at Genise, who was finishing off the last of her breadstick.
    Genise shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know what Akisha’s problem is tonight. All I know is when I picked her up from work she was very quiet. You know how much she loves to talk and she didn’t say twenty words to me. I almost forgot she was even in the car. When I did ask her what was wrong, she didn’t tell me anything. So, your guess is as good as mine.”
    Okay…something was definitely not right, and before the night was over Sasha promised herself to pull Akisha to the side and find out what was going on with her.
    “How are things going at your job?” Sasha asked, putting Akisha to the back of her mind. She hadn’t spoken with Genise about her new business venture with her partner Noah Ashby in over two weeks.
    “Noah is getting ready for the big reveal. He has been working nonstop for the past two months to get everything perfect. Did you forget what a perfectionist I told you he was? I think the concept was a wonderful idea. I’m crossing my fingers we’ll get a lot of business.”
    “Have you decided when you’re going to ask