The Matchmaking Ambush

Raina

Mother called on a Thursday with the warmth she deployed when she was about to do something I wasn't going to like.

"A spa weekend," she said. "Just you and me. Girls' trip. You've been working too hard, Raina; everyone can see it. Two nights at Rosewood. My treat."

I looked at Jess across the office. Jess looked back.

"Just us?" I said.

"Just us," Mama said. "Mother and daughter. Long overd