FUR FOR ALL, Book 5 in FIXED by Christine Warren

Author:Christine Warren
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Contemporary/Fantasy
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

It took Tess all afternoon to clean up the tea from where she’d sprayed it after hearing Missy’s final bombshell. She spent the whole time with a bottle of Windex in one hand, a wad of paper towels in the other and a dazed expression on her face. Bette had tried to get her to confess what was going on, but Tess just shook her head and kept cleaning. She didn’t even really understand it herself.

There was no way she could explain it to anyone else.

She went through the rest of her day on autopilot, cleaning up her mess, filling orders and serving customers. And when closing time rolled around, Bette had the doors locked, the register counted and the kitchen area cleaned before Tess even knew it was five.

“That’s it, then.” Bette shrugged into her coat and pulled out her key chain.

“Everything’s put away. I locked the back door, too, but if you’re staying late, I can go run and unlock it.”

Tess’s head snapped up and she shook it to clear away her fog. She glanced at her watch, saw the time and shook her head. “Um, no, that’s okay. I’m having dinner with my grandfather tonight, so I’ve got to run home and get ready before I head over there. I’ll leave with you now. Just let me get my stuff.”

She hastily put away her cleaning supplies, grabbed her jacket, patted the pockets for her keys and then followed Bette out the front door. She started up the stairs and stopped when her assistant called her name.

“Hey, Tess! Earth to planet Menzies. Were you planning to lock the front door tonight, or did I miss the sign saying, ‘Burglary Special! Come rob us now and save!’?”

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Tess swore and jogged back down the stairs, but Bette was already using her key to lock up. “I’m sorry, Bette. I don’t know what’s with me today.”

“Me, either.” Bette pocketed her keys and urged Tess back up to the sidewalk. “At first I thought it was the aftermath of great sex last night, but now I’m not so sure. You seemed even weirder when I got back from lunch than you’d been when I left.”

“I know. I’m sorry. It’s just been…a really strange couple of days.” Tess skipped right over the mention of great sex and hoped Bette would, too.

“Hm, well as much as I’m dying to question you about that, and about the potentially great sex you had last night, I can’t. I’m meeting my roommate at Veniero’s for dessert debauchery before the show tonight. Her boyfriend’s in a band. Along with the other three-quarters of lower Manhattan.” She gave Tess an assessing glance and sighed. “But I’m on tomorrow closing, so I’ll get it out of you then. Just see if I don’t. Bye!”

She hurried off down the sidewalk in the opposite direction from Tess’s walk home and disappeared into the crowd. Tess sighed in relief. Right now, she had more than enough worrying her as it was.

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