Tempted Again
“Sally put a hand on Marissa’s arm. “You’ve gone all pale.”
“I’m okay.”
“Do you need a glass of water or something?”
Marissa shook her head.
“Look, here he comes now,” Sally said.
Marissa didn’t have time to run for it. Besides, that would be the cowardly thing to do. Appealing but cowardly.
“Good morning, ladies.” Connor was irritatingly cheerful.
Marissa hadn’t seen him much since that early morning when he’d called her Rissa. She’d welcomed the break from his company in the interval but she’d... always been on her guard against running into him. One time she’d waited in her car when she’d seen him walk into the Kroger until he came out a short time later. Luckily, no one had knocked on her car window the way they had a few days later in the library parking lot.
“Having car trouble?” Roz had asked.
“No.” Marissa had started the rust-bucket VW, whereupon the sound of Copper’s “Heartbreak Lullaby” began to blare out of the demented sound system.MoreLess
“I’m okay.”
“Do you need a glass of water or something?”
Marissa shook her head.
“Look, here he comes now,” Sally said.
Marissa didn’t have time to run for it. Besides, that would be the cowardly thing to do. Appealing but cowardly.
“Good morning, ladies.” Connor was irritatingly cheerful.
Marissa hadn’t seen him much since that early morning when he’d called her Rissa. She’d welcomed the break from his company in the interval but she’d... always been on her guard against running into him. One time she’d waited in her car when she’d seen him walk into the Kroger until he came out a short time later. Luckily, no one had knocked on her car window the way they had a few days later in the library parking lot.
“Having car trouble?” Roz had asked.
“No.” Marissa had started the rust-bucket VW, whereupon the sound of Copper’s “Heartbreak Lullaby” began to blare out of the demented sound system.MoreLess
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