Bad Bites: Donut Mystery #16 (The Donut Mysteries)
“I asked loudly, not caring if some of the folks already eating at the Boxcar had paused to listen to our conversation.
“She was a woman, all right. She might have been wearing a suit, but there was no hiding those curves,” Trish said. “Sorry. I shouldn’t have said anything.”
“We all know that’s not true, and I appreciate the heads up,” I said as I reached for my cell phone and headed back out the door. Grace started to come with me when I stopped her. “Grab us a table and order. I’ll take... the special after all. I love meatloaf.”
“What if you need to go somewhere to straighten this out after your telephone conversation?” she asked me.
“Don’t worry. I’m sure that it’s fine,” I said.
Grace just shrugged, and then she and Trish shared a furtive glance that I was sure I wasn’t supposed to have seen. It just made things that much worse. The entire town knew that Max had cheated on me when we’d been married, so it was understandable that everybody might be worried that Jake might do the same thing, but I had a distinct advantage over them: I knew my boyfriend.MoreLess
“She was a woman, all right. She might have been wearing a suit, but there was no hiding those curves,” Trish said. “Sorry. I shouldn’t have said anything.”
“We all know that’s not true, and I appreciate the heads up,” I said as I reached for my cell phone and headed back out the door. Grace started to come with me when I stopped her. “Grab us a table and order. I’ll take... the special after all. I love meatloaf.”
“What if you need to go somewhere to straighten this out after your telephone conversation?” she asked me.
“Don’t worry. I’m sure that it’s fine,” I said.
Grace just shrugged, and then she and Trish shared a furtive glance that I was sure I wasn’t supposed to have seen. It just made things that much worse. The entire town knew that Max had cheated on me when we’d been married, so it was understandable that everybody might be worried that Jake might do the same thing, but I had a distinct advantage over them: I knew my boyfriend.MoreLess
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