Bourbon Street Blues (2006)
“So far, it hadn’t helped.
She stepped off the streetcar at Canal and then headed down Bourbon Street for the long walk to the Hotel Marchand. It probably would have been faster to take a cab, but she enjoyed the St. Charles electric streetcars. They cruised every day through the Garden District and the French Quarter, taking visitors to the city on lovely tours of antebellum mansions and delivering the locals to work in the business districts.
The sun was pleasantly warm on her back. Soon enoug...h, the summer would be here with a heat and humidity unlike anywhere else. But for now, the weather was perfect. And the sounds of her own heels clicking against the pavement kept her company while her brain raced.
Despite knowing better, despite the talking-to Shana had given her the night before—despite everything— she just couldn’t seem to get him out of her mind.
It wasn’t only that he was about the best-looking man she’d ever seen. Handsome men were easy enough to find. No, it was more the painful shadows she’d noted in his eyes that called to her.MoreLess
She stepped off the streetcar at Canal and then headed down Bourbon Street for the long walk to the Hotel Marchand. It probably would have been faster to take a cab, but she enjoyed the St. Charles electric streetcars. They cruised every day through the Garden District and the French Quarter, taking visitors to the city on lovely tours of antebellum mansions and delivering the locals to work in the business districts.
The sun was pleasantly warm on her back. Soon enoug...h, the summer would be here with a heat and humidity unlike anywhere else. But for now, the weather was perfect. And the sounds of her own heels clicking against the pavement kept her company while her brain raced.
Despite knowing better, despite the talking-to Shana had given her the night before—despite everything— she just couldn’t seem to get him out of her mind.
It wasn’t only that he was about the best-looking man she’d ever seen. Handsome men were easy enough to find. No, it was more the painful shadows she’d noted in his eyes that called to her.MoreLess
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