A Matter of Trust: A Carlsbad Village Lesbian Romance by Sabrina Kane

Author:Sabrina Kane [Kane, Sabrina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B08Y7GCKW5
Goodreads: 57586121
Published: 2021-03-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Chloë felt like a spy.

It was Tuesday afternoon and she was in San Diego to meet with Lexx at a coffeeshop not far from The Ink Well. Chloë was a little early and so after texting Lexx and getting her coffee order, she spent some time scoping out the café after snagging an empty table.

In her opinion, it lacked charm. It was as if the owners had just opened up the shop and said, “Look, all we do is sell coffee, don’t expect much else.” The walls were bare, except for a stupid faux-rustic sign on one that read “Coffee” and had probably been bought at Target. The tables and chairs looked like they could have come from the teacher’s lounge in a public high school and the fluorescent lighting made the place seem soulless. And the coffee…

Chloë had ordered a medium-sized drip, black. It was her go-to order whenever she ventured into a new coffeeshop. Mochas, lattes, cappuccinos, frappes and all those other concoctions often made it difficult to judge how well the proprietors knew, respected and treated coffee. But in a cup of drip, there was nowhere to hide. It was like testing a chef by asking her to fry an egg.

The coffee in this place was listless in flavor, dull. Chloë knew it was Colombian, with a slightly floral base, but the baristas had mangled its preparation, overwatering it and then somehow burning it.

How the hell did they do that?

What the coffeeshop did have that Chloë liked, however, was an outdoor patio in the back with additional seating. A smart move considering the Covid pandemic was still a thing. With more and more people getting vaccinated, California had started allowing limited indoor seating again at restaurants, coffeeshops and the like but having an outdoor space for guests was an advantage, especially if another pandemic occurred.

Chloë made a mental note that if (when) she got to the point of looking for a spot for her own coffeeshop, it needed to have space for outdoor seating.

In any case, despite terrible coffee and terrible décor, this place was doing a brisk business. It was almost two o’clock, typically a slow time up in Carlsbad at La Vida Mocha, and yet this place had most of its indoor seating occupied and from what Chloë could tell, most of the outdoor seating as well. This was another reason why she wanted to open a place in San Diego, the nearest big city to Carlsbad. City folks never seemed to stop drinking coffee.

“Hey!” Lexx said, interrupting Chloë’s reverie.

Chloë stood and they embraced. When they sat again, Chloë slid Lexx’s caramel macchiato across the table to her. As usual, Lexx was stylishly outfitted in rather masculine-type clothes fitted to her female frame. She looked like a very pretty man and yet was unmistakably all woman. It was a fascinating dichotomy and once again, Chloë felt a little panic. What if Morgan did decide that she was a lesbian but then decided that she

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