The Savvy Sistahs by Brenda Jackson Read Free Book Online

you, Brandy, and Amber. They seem to take up a lot of your time these days and here I thought
I
was your best friend.”
    Aw, hell
, Carla thought as she sat down in the chair behind her desk. Her friendship with Brandy and Amber continued to be a sore spot with Sonya. Sonya tried to monopolize her time and hadn’t understood Carla’s need to devote as much time as she could to her business, which included getting to know other business owners and networking with them. And she absolutely refused to understand Carla’s friendship with Brandy and Amber. For some reason she saw Carla’s close relationship with them as a threat to their friendship, which was something Carla just couldn’t understand. She knew that Sonya had been going through a lot lately with the recent breakup of her parents’ marriage as well as Sonya’s own inability to find what she considered the perfect mate, but Carla wished her friend would just chill and stop being so possessive. Her and Sonya’s friendship spanned years and as far as she was concerned was as tight as tight could be. They had always been there for each other and always would be. But if reassurance was what Sonya needed then that’s what she would give her.
    “Sonya, you’re my best friend, you know that. There were days when I couldn’t have made it without you being there for me.”
    “Well, you sometimes act like you’ve forgotten that,” Sonya snapped.
    “Hold on, Sonya,” Carla said gently. “That’s not fair. You know the hard work I’ve put into managing the company as well as the time I try to spend with Craig. I can’t just up and drop everything whenever you call. Come on, look at things from my point of view. Just because we’re close friends don’t mean we have to always be in each other’s pockets, does it?”
    “No, but why is it that you have to spend so much time with Brandy and Amber? You know how I feel about them.”
    Carla rubbed her temple. “Yes, and I still can’t understand why you do. They’re nice people and you should give yourself the chance to get to know them.”
    “I don’t have to get to know them. I know a lot of women like them. They’re women who think they’re all that and a bag of chips; women who got it going on and probably never had a bad day in their lives; women who think they’re God’s gift to men.”
    Carla shook her head, thinking just how wrong Sonya was about Brandy and Amber. She couldn’t help but admire them for having the tenacity to turn things around. Like her, they were trying each day to focus their efforts on getting their lives back together, as well as running their own businesses. She knew Sonya wouldn’t understand that. All her life she’d been pampered by her parents and quite frankly, at the moment, the last thing Carla wanted to hear was Sonya bitch and moan about two people she evidently knew nothing about and refused to get to know. Brandy and Amber had been more than friendly with Sonya, although more than once they had picked up on her unfriendly attitude toward them. Yet they had ignored her impoliteness, mainly because Sonya was Carla’s good friend.
    Whenever Sonya was in one of her funky moods there was no getting through to her. “Look, if your mother is willing to watch Craig tomorrow night then I’ll be more than happy to go to the movies with you. How does that sound?”
    “That’s fine if that’s the only time you can squeeze me into your busy schedule. There
are
some things going on in my life that I need to talk to you about.”
    Carla inhaled deeply. She didn’t like the thought of having someone watch Craig two nights in a row, but it seemed like Sonya had a lot on her mind. “How about if we do dinner first and a movie afterwards? I can ask Michelle to keep Craig if your mother isn’t free tomorrow.”
    “Sure…whatever,” were Sonya’s last words before she hung up the phone.
    “Mommy, Mommy!”
    Carla leaned down and picked up her son, who had raced to