Smoketree (2013)
“I very nearly went over to watch Brandon and Lenore slamming balls back and forth, then decided to stay right where I was on the porch. Cass had left, so I sat down on the porch swing and lost myself in contemplation of nothing in particular. And then Elliot Fitch’s companion appeared from the direction of the cabins.
She wore a clinging knit sweater and linen trousers that matched the beige of her fingernails. She had innate elegance and style; that much I could tell at once from my experi...ence in the fashion industry. She was a strikingly attractive woman; Italian, I thought, with her dusky olive skin, black hair and eyes, and husky, accented voice.
She gestured toward an orange sling chair to the right of the door. “Do you mind? I will go in for breakfast in a moment, but first I hope you didn’t think me rude last night.”
A delicate gold chain glittered faintly against her throat. Matching earrings gleamed in her shoulder-length hair; she wore a wafer-thin gold watch on her left wrist.MoreLess
She wore a clinging knit sweater and linen trousers that matched the beige of her fingernails. She had innate elegance and style; that much I could tell at once from my experi...ence in the fashion industry. She was a strikingly attractive woman; Italian, I thought, with her dusky olive skin, black hair and eyes, and husky, accented voice.
She gestured toward an orange sling chair to the right of the door. “Do you mind? I will go in for breakfast in a moment, but first I hope you didn’t think me rude last night.”
A delicate gold chain glittered faintly against her throat. Matching earrings gleamed in her shoulder-length hair; she wore a wafer-thin gold watch on her left wrist.MoreLess
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