Moonlight Becomes You: a short story by Jones Linda Winstead

Author:Jones, Linda Winstead [Jones, Linda Winstead]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

Claire's job was undeniably tedious, and on Wednesday her mind was elsewhere as she mindlessly entered data into her computer. She yawned a time or two, and fielded the questions from her coworkers who were sequestered in nearby cubicles. Do you feel OK? Are you coming down with something? You look like you didn't get enough sleep last night. What happened? You're a little pale, someone said.

She finally decided to tell them that a noisy neighbor had kept her up half the night. That was close enough to the truth, though to be honest she was much noisier than Simon.

Maybe if she'd felt closer to any one of them she might've said more, but while they were friendly coworkers they weren't exactly friends. Most of her good friends were now married and had kids, so she didn't see any of them on a regular basis, not like in the old days. Oh, they got together and had lunch now and then, but the talk always turned to potty training and which kid had learned the alphabet at the earliest age and which schools in the area were the most acceptable. None of them lived close by; they'd all located in areas outside the city, where the streets were quiet and the schools stellar.

There were occasional weekend barbecues or infrequent and horrific blind dates that made conversations about three-year-olds seem scintillating. No, her friends had changed, and so had she. Claire didn't feel like she could call even them to share what had happened.

Besides, what had happened with Simon last night had felt so very, very personal. More intimate than sex, more important than the laughing and the touching and the orgasms.

This morning was still a blur. Simon had given her a fabulous kiss that had led to more, and then he'd gone home—a conveniently short trip. Claire had been left with no time to get ready for work. She'd showered quickly and blindly grabbed clothes from the closet. The long blue skirt and blouse were comfortable. If the blues didn't exactly match and she'd forgotten to put in earrings, well, if anyone noticed the lack was excused because she hadn't gotten much sleep.

She'd never gotten around to putting on those sexy shoes that made her legs look good. Maybe tonight—if there was a tonight.

More than once during the day she'd remembered that moment when it had seemed she saw fire in Simon's eyes. She hadn't been herself at the time, and there was a red neon light across the street. Maybe his head had been in just the right position at that moment to catch a glare. That had to be it.

There were logical explanations for all the clues that had led her to believe he was a vampire. The dirt might've some from a potted plant, even though Simon didn't have any living plants—or fake ones, for that matter—in his apartment. Someone might've been passing by with a plant and stumbled as they were walking past his door. The

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