Love Mercy
Love Mercy
“Magnolia placed a stout white coffee mug in front of her and filled it three-quarters full.
“See that little bit of a girl over there?” Magnolia whispered, pushing the lamb-shaped creamer toward Mel. “She might be Love’s granddaughter. Love’s on her way down here.”
Mel studied the thin young woman sitting against the far wall. Training from her eleven years as a Las Vegas police officer kicked in. She narrowed her dark brown eyes, memorizing the girl’s statistics: white female, seventeen to twe...nty-one, five foot three or four, medium brown straight hair, 110 to 115 pounds, roundish face, pale skin, wide-set eyes. Mel was too far away to discern exact color, but they were light—blue or green—their transparent coolness apparent even across the café’s dining room.
Mel’s suspicious nature, something as organic to her at age thirty-five as her wavy auburn hair, automatically distrusted the girl. Mel knew Love had grandchildren whom she never saw. In the almost three years that they’d been friends, Love had briefly spoken of them twice, her soft Kentucky drawl tinged with regret.MoreLess
“See that little bit of a girl over there?” Magnolia whispered, pushing the lamb-shaped creamer toward Mel. “She might be Love’s granddaughter. Love’s on her way down here.”
Mel studied the thin young woman sitting against the far wall. Training from her eleven years as a Las Vegas police officer kicked in. She narrowed her dark brown eyes, memorizing the girl’s statistics: white female, seventeen to twe...nty-one, five foot three or four, medium brown straight hair, 110 to 115 pounds, roundish face, pale skin, wide-set eyes. Mel was too far away to discern exact color, but they were light—blue or green—their transparent coolness apparent even across the café’s dining room.
Mel’s suspicious nature, something as organic to her at age thirty-five as her wavy auburn hair, automatically distrusted the girl. Mel knew Love had grandchildren whom she never saw. In the almost three years that they’d been friends, Love had briefly spoken of them twice, her soft Kentucky drawl tinged with regret.MoreLess
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