Coal Black Blues
“She waited until the last few customers paid for their gas and minor purchases. Then she turned the ‘open sign’ around to read ‘closed’. She tossed the keys to Neil and he locked the door, then turned off the outside lights.
He gazed at her and she looked back, her senses open to him and whatever might come next. “You didn’t have to take up for me with Dylan,” she said with the easy way she’d always had with him, able to speak what was on her mind or heart. “But I’m glad you did.”
Neil ...grinned and his weary face lightened a little. “I can’t believe you were married to that sorry son of a bitch,” he said. “If I’d known what a pitiful little prick he can be, I’d have come up to Virginia and rescued you. You’re better off without him.”
“I am. Are you ready to go home?”
His nod indicated he was. “I’m tired. Are you going to open the store tomorrow?”MoreLess
He gazed at her and she looked back, her senses open to him and whatever might come next. “You didn’t have to take up for me with Dylan,” she said with the easy way she’d always had with him, able to speak what was on her mind or heart. “But I’m glad you did.”
Neil ...grinned and his weary face lightened a little. “I can’t believe you were married to that sorry son of a bitch,” he said. “If I’d known what a pitiful little prick he can be, I’d have come up to Virginia and rescued you. You’re better off without him.”
“I am. Are you ready to go home?”
His nod indicated he was. “I’m tired. Are you going to open the store tomorrow?”MoreLess
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