White Hot
“Sayre spoke in the hushed tone that one reserves for the library.
The gray-haired lady at the desk smiled at her. “Jessica is working today, but she went down the street to get us some muffins from the bakery.”
“So she’s coming back?”
“Shouldn’t be more than five minutes.”
Sayre moved to a reading area where a window overlooked a small, landscaped courtyard. Sparrows were splashing in the shallow bowl of a birdbath. Hydrangea bushes were loaded with blue and pink blossoms as lar...ge as birthday balloons. Fig vine and lichen clung to the brick wall enclosure. The serenity of it was inviting.
She hadn’t enjoyed a moment of tranquillity since she’d ordered Beck Merchant from her motel room last night.
Liar, he’d whispered.
The incriminating word had stung because it was true. She had denied having any intuition that something like that would happen between them.MoreLess
The gray-haired lady at the desk smiled at her. “Jessica is working today, but she went down the street to get us some muffins from the bakery.”
“So she’s coming back?”
“Shouldn’t be more than five minutes.”
Sayre moved to a reading area where a window overlooked a small, landscaped courtyard. Sparrows were splashing in the shallow bowl of a birdbath. Hydrangea bushes were loaded with blue and pink blossoms as lar...ge as birthday balloons. Fig vine and lichen clung to the brick wall enclosure. The serenity of it was inviting.
She hadn’t enjoyed a moment of tranquillity since she’d ordered Beck Merchant from her motel room last night.
Liar, he’d whispered.
The incriminating word had stung because it was true. She had denied having any intuition that something like that would happen between them.MoreLess
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