A Sheriff in Tennessee (2002)
“Just what she’d been waiting for.
She extricated herself from Serafina’s attention by promising to return and eat again on an unspecified day in the future, then hustled across the room toward Klein.
He lifted his head, and she could tell something had changed. Belle slowed her pace so quickly she nearly stumbled. Was he upset that the mayor had already heard about their holding hands? But Klein had warned her such a thing was bound to happen. She hadn’t cared, and he hadn’t seemed to. So what ...was the matter with him now?
“Did Virgil call?” she asked. “Is there an emergency? Do we have to go?”
“Not we. Me. I have to go. But I’ll walk you home first.”
“I’m supposed to be your shadow, remember?”
“Not for this. It’s routine. Let’s go.” He opened the door, waving absently when Serafina shouted “Ciao!”
The streets of Pleasant Ridge had become deserted. As Belle and Klein walked, the silver-blue light of the moon warred with the flickering, colorful images of televisions and the muted golds of lamplight.MoreLess
She extricated herself from Serafina’s attention by promising to return and eat again on an unspecified day in the future, then hustled across the room toward Klein.
He lifted his head, and she could tell something had changed. Belle slowed her pace so quickly she nearly stumbled. Was he upset that the mayor had already heard about their holding hands? But Klein had warned her such a thing was bound to happen. She hadn’t cared, and he hadn’t seemed to. So what ...was the matter with him now?
“Did Virgil call?” she asked. “Is there an emergency? Do we have to go?”
“Not we. Me. I have to go. But I’ll walk you home first.”
“I’m supposed to be your shadow, remember?”
“Not for this. It’s routine. Let’s go.” He opened the door, waving absently when Serafina shouted “Ciao!”
The streets of Pleasant Ridge had become deserted. As Belle and Klein walked, the silver-blue light of the moon warred with the flickering, colorful images of televisions and the muted golds of lamplight.MoreLess
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