Key Lime Crime_Sunny Shores Mysteries Book 1 by Cassie Rivers

Author:Cassie Rivers [Rivers, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-30T05:00:00+00:00

In a move I considered a stroke of genius, I arrived at Mama Mia’s Little Italian twenty minutes before the time of my date. Rather, the time of my friendly dinner meeting. I hoped to get a chance to talk with Chris before Will arrived. Unfortunately for me, Will arrived earlier than me.

As I approached the entrance of the restaurant, Will stood waiting by the door. Tall, dark, and handsome was a tired cliché, but he wore it quite well. He spotted me and walked my way.

“Don’t you look great?” Will said as greeted me with a hug. “I think this is the first time I’ve seen you without an apron, or even outside the window of your truck.”

Half embarrassed and half flattered, I smiled. I attempted to not blush, although I was sure I appeared red as a strawberry. It didn’t help that he looked hot in his tight dark jeans.

“You clean up pretty well yourself,” I said as I tried to keep reminding myself it wasn’t a date. His half smile, half grin made it difficult.

“Let’s go inside, shall we,” he said as he opened the front door for me. “I’ve already got us a table.”

As the hostess led us to our table, I looked around the restaurant for Chris. The place was booming for a weeknight, with most tables occupied with a mix of locals and tourists. With so many people moving around, finding Chris in the crowd proved difficult at best.

“Excuse you,” a woman in a red hat shouted as I bumped into the back of her chair. I lacked coordination as it was, so trying to locate someone in a crowd while walking proved a bad idea.

“I’m so sorry,” I said as I tried to apologize.

“Hmmph,” she said under her breath as she avoided looking me in the eyes. The woman looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on how I recognized her. On the other hand, if she recognized me, she seemed to have no desire to reconnect.

After that mishap, I decided to focus on walking the rest of the way to our table. We were sat at a quiet table in the back of the restaurant. Lucky for me, one side of the table faced the kitchen. I obviously chose the chair with that view, so I might catch a glance of Chris working in the kitchen.

As we sat down, the hostess handed us our menus.

“So what’s good here,” Will asked as he pulled my menu down. I guess I couldn’t hide behind my menu all night.

“I love the chicken parm here. That, or the lasagna,” I said as I glanced back at the menu. “Honestly, everything I’ve tried here has been delicious.”

John Harmon’s reputation as a person might have been suspect. However, the man knew how to run an excellent restaurant. The food at his downtown location was excellent. My stomach growled in anticipation from the aroma that filled the air.

“Chicken parm it is,” he said. “You know, it’s kind of funny.

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