0425271404 by Victoria Hamilton

Author:Victoria Hamilton [Hamilton, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-10-11T21:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

HEIDI HEADED HOME and Jaymie texted Glenn Brennan. He responded immediately, saying he’d meet her for dinner at Ambrosio at six. It was dark by five when she got home. With only an hour to spare before meeting Brennan, she hustled, letting Hoppy out for an abbreviated piddle run, and filling the animals’ food bowls. She dressed in good wool slacks and a pretty sweater, swept her hair up in a chignon, all while she tried to figure out how to broach the subject of his behavior toward Shelby and what happened after their dates. She couldn’t think what to say, so she’d have to rely on inspiration.

As she let her old van warm up, she remembered that the last time she was at Ambrosio it was for a difficult and uncomfortable dinner with her parents, Daniel and his parents. His mother had tried to sabotage Jaymie from the beginning out of a desire to keep him close to Phoenix, where they lived and where Daniel’s business was headquartered. She felt like she had dodged a bullet when they broke up.

She drove out of town and down the highway thinking of Daniel and their doomed relationship, which made her think of Jakob. With Daniel out of her life, her head and heart were clear. She hoped that her next romantic endeavor would end with true love. But she couldn’t think of Jakob right that minute, or she’d start float-walking again, and that was not appropriate for the hard-hitting reporter she was supposed to be.

She pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant, locked the van and walked carefully across the icy asphalt in her best boots, the ones with very little tread. Just then a salt truck roared past on the highway, so maybe it would be a little less icy when she headed home. Salt, though not the only product used to deice, was by far the cheapest and most readily available, and so was both the bane and blessing of a Michiganian’s existence. It destroyed car body work, wreaked havoc with good suede and leather boots and yet saved countless lives by ridding the roads of ice. She’d rather have the lives than the boots.

Ambrosio was warm and golden in this holiday season, decorated with pine boughs and gilded ornaments, the big windows curtained in gold drapes and lit with twinkle lights. The competing scents were of good wine, spices, roasted meat and perfume. She hung her coat in the cloakroom and stood at the entrance, not sure what Glenn Brennan looked like. There was one lone man at an intimate table for two over in the corner by a gold Christmas tree. The best tables, those by the fireplace and windows, were already taken, but he had chosen well for an intimate chat.

She gave Glenn’s name to the host and he guided her to the table in the corner; she had guessed correctly. Brennan, to his credit, set down his rye and cola and stood as she followed the maître d’ over.

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