Dawn’s going to hate it. You know how she is. She’s going to say itfeels like a den instead of a living room and she’s going to askwhere I’d put the guests for a dinner party, because they certainlywon’t be comfortable in a den.” She sighed, feeling the dread comeover her. She knew that she shouldn’t be so concerned about whatother people thought, but it seemed she was always searching forThy Neighbor’s Wife 47somebody’s approval. Apparently, it was her curse in life. “But Alex liked it. A lot.” That sentence alone brought a smile to her face, and she couldactually hear her father’s voice, colored with a grin of his own. Alex? Who’s Alex? He’d always made it his job to know who Jenni-fer’s friends were, and he had his own opinion of each of them. Hewould have loved Alex, Jennifer was sure of it. “She’s my newneighbor. She lives next door to our lake house and she’s verysweet. We’ve become good friends. She talked me into playing onher volleyball team this summer.
