SEAL Endeavor by Sharon Hamilton

Author:Sharon Hamilton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-12-06T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

Libby and Megan got to the Monterey Bay Aquarium a half hour before it opened. A small café nearby served them coffee, yogurt and homemade granola. They passed the time by people watching before a small line began to form at the Aquarium entrance. That was their cue to go. Libby pulled her hair through the back of her Giant’s baseball cap into a ponytail and donned her sunglasses. They walked downhill in the bright morning sunshine, to the entrance.

“Can’t believe you’ve never been here before, Libby. You’ve been at Santa Clara what, five years now?”

“Yup. You know me. I’ve been practically a nun, too.”

“That’s for sure.” Megan glanced at her from the side. “You and Dr. Gerhardt are getting kinda chummy, though.”

Libby wrinkled her brow. “Nothing to that.”

“You know everyone talks…”

“About me?” Worry dampened what had been a nice morning doing something just for fun. “He’s not interested in me that way, and I sure as heck aren’t—“

“Shush.” Megan slapped her forearm. “I can keep a secret, Libby. You don’t have to worry about me.”

“That’s not it, Meg.” This was beginning to irritate her. “We aren’t sleeping together, and I wouldn’t believe it if anyone else says they did. He’s just a very kind man, a great mentor, and someone I trust 100%.” She did feel a shadow creep around her shoulders with what she’d felt last night during dinner. Had he pushed the envelope a bit into the arena of adult recreation?

Maybe it was because she hadn’t dated much, been pretty focused on her double degree. She was hoping Dr. Gerhardt would get her an intern position at his clinic after she completed her Masters in Psychology and got her MFCC license. He had hinted a bit about it, but never came out and offered her the position. It was still early.

If Megan saw the doubt on her face, she did a good job hiding it. “Don’t let them get to you. Just rumors. The guy is so gorgeous, I think people just like to make up stories. No worries, Libby. I think he’s smart enough not to do anything unwise.”

“Not only unwise, it’s against the rules.”

“Well, there’s that, too. Certainly.”

Libby searched her feelings and couldn’t find any jealousy at the mention of possibly other girls. Nothing there but a business relationship, mutual respect between two people who had to work closely together.

“Meg, tell you what, I’ll tell you first if he becomes available, okay? He isn’t my type.”

“Oh stop it.” Libby noticed how easy she and Megan reassumed their places as friends, although their friendship wasn’t particularly deep. It was all that she needed.

They were one of the first few members to walk through the door. Libby went for the world famous Kelp Tank, wanting to see it before the crowds started to grow.

The blue three-story glass room was even more striking than she’d expected. Huge silvery fish in a variety of shapes and colors sliced through the water, surrounded by schools of smaller fish that darted around the artificial reef.

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