As You Wish by Jude Deveraux

Author:Jude Deveraux
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2017-12-19T19:20:37+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Summer Hill, Virginia 1970

“Sorry, but we aren’t open yet,” the bartender said. “Come back in a couple of hours.”

Kit put a fifty-dollar bill on the bar. “I want a beer and keep the change.”

“I guess I just opened.” He poured a beer, put it in front of Kit, then stood there watching him brood. “So which one did you choose?”

“What?”

The bartender was wiping the counter. “I assume you’re here because you’re after one of the girls. Or did you come into town to see your other choices?”

Kit looked at the man like he was crazy.

“Girls!” The bartender nodded at Kit’s tan. “You been in the sun so long you forgot about them?”

Kit sighed. “Girls are all I think about.”

“That’s normal. It’s what I did at your age. So which one is it?”

Kit frowned. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Betty Schneider or Shirley Williamson? Last night they were in here talking about the rich, naked guy who’s a relative of Uncle Freddy. They were saying they were going out to Tattwell to meet him. You’re him, right?”

Kit took a deep drink of his beer. “Rich, naked guy,” he mumbled. “That describes me perfectly.”

“Did they show up?”

“Who?”

The bartender glared at him.

Kit shrugged. “Yeah, there were some young women there today. I didn’t talk to them.”

“Didn’t—?” The bartender leaned forward. “Listen, those two girls are hot to trot, if you know what I mean. They used to be the queens of the local high school but now they just want a man. Betty is the smarter of the two. Shirley’s the nicer one, but she won’t let you out of her sight. If you want to see what else is in this town, I can put the word out. If you come back about seven, every unmarried gal within fifty miles will be here. And a few married ones, if that’s what you want.”

Kit was looking at the bartender as though he were from another planet, but then his eyes changed. He smiled as though he might like being hit on by lots of randy women. “You from here?”

“Born and bred.”

“What’s Olivia Paget like?”

The man stepped back from the bar and looked at Kit. “You’ve gone that way, have you? Well, give it up. She’s the prettiest girl in town but she wants none of us. She may have been born a small town girl but she’s not one. Her heart is somewhere else.” He stood there looking at Kit, whose head was so low it was practically touching the counter. “Got it bad, have you?”

“Yeah,” Kit said. “Very bad.”

“Poor guy. I fell for a girl like that. She was way above me. Let me give you some advice. Olivia Paget isn’t for some kid who runs around mostly naked and cleans up cemeteries. Yeah, we heard about that.”

“I think maybe I did a really stupid thing today. Livie sent the girls away.”

“You mean Betty and Shirley? Why’d she do that? I can’t imagine Livie taking an interest in them.

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