Amnesia by Michael Cross

Author:Michael Cross [Cross, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

I pull into the Lobster Pot’s parking lot for the second day in a row. I have to admit; the sandwich was pretty damn good. Good enough to make me come back for another one anyway.

Or maybe you’re here to see if the blonde and her abuser are here again. Maybe you want to play the white knight. Maybe you just want to hurt somebody.

It’s a fair question. Unfortunately, it’s not one I have an answer to. But given that neither the damsel in distress nor her ham-fisted boyfriend are in the parking lot, I’m just going to go with the idea that I really enjoy the lobster rolls.

“Back again, huh?” beams the woman behind the counter—the one who served me yesterday.

I give her a grin. “Best lobster rolls in Maine,” I reply. “Hard to say no to them.”

“That’s what we like to hear.”

I order the same thing I had yesterday but order a second one to take back to my room for later. I pull out my wallet, but the woman waves me off.

“It’s on the house today,” she tells me. “On account of what you did for Hope yesterday. I seen what you did.”

I give her a blank stare, and she smiles at me. I don’t have to ask her what she’s talking about. She saw that whole episode in the parking lot yesterday. Great. So much for keeping a low profile.

“Really, I appreciate it, but it’s not necessary,” I say.

She waves me off. “Nope. I insist. Hope’s my cousin. I been tryin’ to get her to leave that walking shitstain, Tommy, for years now,” she explains. “I was glad to see him get put in his place. So thank you for that.”

Seeing that she’s not going to budge, I slip my wallet back into my pocket and give her a small smile and a nod.

“Thank you very much,” I say. “Really, it was nothing though.”

She smiles softly. “Lots of people ‘round here wanted to see Tommy taken down a few pegs for a long time,” she says. “But ain’t nobody ever had the balls to do it. Not ‘til now.”

I chuckle. “Well, I’m glad to have done a community service.”

She slides my tray across the counter to me with a smile. I pick it up and return her smile.

“Well, thank you…” I cut a quick glance at her nametag. “…Sara. I appreciate it.”

“Anytime.”

I carry my tray out to the table I sat at last night and take a seat. The deck is only about half full of people eating and chatting away. I take a big bite of the lobster roll and chew as I think about what I learned out on recon today. Which isn’t much. I’ll know more once I scout the place a few more times and have a better frame of reference for the security situation out there.

“Excuse me?”

Her voice is soft and breathy and pulls me out of my head. I look up and see the sandy blonde—Hope—standing in front of me.

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