Perfect Pairing by Rachel Spangler

Author:Rachel Spangler [Spangler, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lesbian, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781612940700
Amazon: B01GBUVLIC
Goodreads: 30457673
Publisher: Bywater Books
Published: 2016-06-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Quinn stared out the window of her office. The view wasn’t much, just a standard city street, but she’d never really cared. She wasn’t the type of person who spent much time enjoying scenic vistas. Today though, and for the past two days, she couldn’t stop people watching. Ever since she and Hal had opened up about their pasts, she couldn’t help but wonder about other people’s stories. How many people did she interact with every day without ever knowing a single thing about them? The checkout girl at the store? The guy who changed the oil in her car? Her pharmacist? Did they all have secret scars and hidden triggers? They must. And yet everyone functioned, or at least most people did most of the time. But were they all just playing Russian roulette with their emotions? She and Hal certainly had, and that gun had gone off in a big way, but how could it not?

She prided herself on her research. Of course investment always involved a bit of a gamble, but she didn’t take risks lightly. She had read every piece of information available on Hal before ever approaching her. She knew she’d grown up in the area and had started as a line cook. She knew every restaurant she’d worked in and that she’d gotten an old, broken-down truck as back pay when the last of those restaurants went under. She knew Hal and Sully had fixed and outfitted Cheesy Does It themselves over the course of the next year. She’d checked not only her references, but also her financial score and her criminal record. She had done her homework better than anyone could be expected to, and yet she still felt she’d got all the really important information too late.

Or was it?

Too late to go back? Yes. Too late to parlay the pop-up into a restaurant, but not too late for her and Hal to . . . to what? Go into business together? That seemed both far-fetched and ill-conceived. Even knowing what she knew now, she wasn’t sure she could avoid tripping those triggers again. She wanted her own restaurant. She wanted to put down roots in this community. Hal didn’t believe in putting down roots. She didn’t trust them. And even if she learned to trust Quinn, she wouldn’t go to work for someone else, and Quinn got it.

She understood Hal now.

The whole roving business made sense for her. She even respected her for it, on some intellectual level. Hal had taken the worst parts of her childhood and turned them into a way of life she could be proud of, but Quinn didn’t like living day by day. She needed to have a plan. She believed stability could and should be built, and she wanted to be a part of that here in Buffalo. She didn’t want to miss her chance at something great. She was driven to go after the best, both for herself and the people she cared about.

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