An Accidental Woman by Barbara Delinsky

Author:Barbara Delinsky
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2002-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

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Poppy and Griffin took separate cars. She insisted that it was easier this way, since the Blazer was fully equipped for her and her chair. Now that she had a sub at the phones, she told Griffin, she might not come straight back. She might stop to see Lily, she told him, or drop in at the bookstore to see Marianne. What she didn’t tell him—because she was afraid he’d invite himself along—was that she might stop in at Charlie’s for lunch. The sun was bright, quickly melting the new-fallen snow. The café’s glassed-in porch was a haven on days like this.“Baloney,” Griffin teased. “You just don’t want to be seen with me.”

She hesitated for a minute, then admitted, “That, too.” He ought to know. Showing up at the café with him would give people something to discuss other than Heather, but at Poppy’s expense. She was taking enough of a chance entering the center of town now with Griffin’s truck on her tail. John McGillicudy paused in raking snow from his roof to wave. Maddy Harris waved as she walked her dog. Luther Wolfe and Mercedes Levesque waved from the post office porch.

She waved back to all of them—and with some enthusiasm. She felt revived, much better now that she was actually doing something for Heather. And, yes, she had Griffin to thank. She had been spinning her wheels, going nowhere with Heather’s confession until she shared it with him.

That didn’t mean the town had to know they were working together.Totally aside from romantic speculation, she didn’t know how it would play.

Fortunately, Cassie’s office was around a bend and out of sight from the center of town. It was in a small, pale blue house that had white trim, a picket fence artfully capped with snow, and a large oak plaque hanging from the porch. Cassie Byrnes, Attorney At Law it said in raised, midnight blue letters.

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