Welcome to the lesbian romantic podcast.

This is The Taste of a Smile, part four.

Raspberry. Lex's phone started ringing loudly.

Her eyes met the cab drivers in the rearview mirror.

She hurried to take the phone out of her inner pocket.

Lex always answered her phone.

There was rarely a reason not to take a call.

This time, she hesitated after seeing the name of the collar on her screen.

Her chest tightened with anger and regret.

She had not expected to hear from Vicky.

Her thumb hovered over the red circle on the screen.

What had happened wasn't Vicky's fault. She reminded herself.

She reluctantly tapped the green accept button and slowly brought the phone up to her ear.

Hey, Vicki, she said.

Her nose twitched.

I thought you weren't going to pick up.

Vicky replied, sounding relieved. Lux looked out of the window.

The cab had been stuck in the Monday morning traffic for most of the ride. They were at a stand still.

I almost didn't, she admitted. It took Vicky a moment to reply. I'm sorry I waited so long to reach out.

Lex opened the zipper of her leather jacket.

It was getting hot in the car despite the cold weather outside.

That's okay.

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