Eggs on Ice by Laura Childs

Author:Laura Childs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

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SUZANNE drove down Main Street and stopped directly in front of the Kindred Bakery. “You need any help?” she asked Petra. “You want us to come in with you?”

But Petra was already scrambling out of the backseat. “No, no,” she said. “You two stay in the car and keep warm. I won’t be but a second.”

“You think this snow is ever going to stop?” Toni asked. “I saw this made-for-TV movie once—I think it was written by Stephen King—and there was this gigantic snowstorm that just wouldn’t quit. Finally, all the buildings collapsed and everyone was buried.”

“That’s just lovely,” Suzanne said.

Toni held her hands up to the heater. “Well, you know what I mean.” She wrinkled her nose, tried to clear some fog off the side window, and said, “Hey, look over there.”

Suzanne turned to see Don Shinder getting out of his car across the street. His head was bowed and he looked exhausted. Two men came out of the building where his law office was located to greet him. They all started talking and nodding.

“Poor Don,” Toni said. “Do you think he’s interviewing for law partners already?”

Suzanne studied the two men who had greeted Shinder. They looked serious and were well dressed, in suits and topcoats, so they might very well be lawyers. They were also stomping their feet to ward off the cold and keep the circulation going. “Or maybe he’s talking to a couple of headhunters,” Suzanne said.

“For some reason that term makes me very queasy.”

“Still . . . Shinder’s business, his law firm, has to keep forging ahead. I’m sure he’s got clients who are dependent on him for legal help, so chances are he’s going to need someone to step in right away. A partner or a junior partner at the very least.”

“Kind of like you have me,” Toni said.

Suzanne smiled. “And I couldn’t ask for a better partner.”

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