Sookie Stackhouse - 01 - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Author:Charlaine Harris
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Vampires, Mystery & Detective, Cocktail Servers, Waitresses, Contemporary, General, Fantasy, Sookie (Fictitious Character), Mystery Fiction, Women Sleuths, Telepathy, Fiction, Louisiana, Occult & Supernatural, Stackhouse
ISBN: 9780441008537
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001-04-30T07:00:00+00:00

Dead Until Dark

Page: 78

"He might be my best bet. " Jason looked as petulant and grim as a lovely person can. We exchanged a glance. We both knew Gran's lawyer was too old to handle the case if Jason was ever, God forbid, arrested.

Jason was far too self-absorbed to notice anything different about me, but I'd worn a white golf shirt (instead of my usual round-necked T-shirt) for the protection of its collar. Arlene was not as unaware as my brother. She'd been eyeing me all morning, and by the time the three o'clock lull hit, she was pretty sure she'd got me figured out. "Girl, " she said, "you been having fun?" I turned red as a beet. "Having fun" made my relationship with Bill lighter than it was, but it was accurate as far as itwent. I didn't know whether to take the high road and say, "No, making love, " or keep my mouth shut, or tell Arlene it was none of her business, or just shout, "Yes!"

"Oh, Sookie, who is the man?"

Uh-oh. "Urn, well, he's not... "

"Not local? You dating one of those servicemen from Bos-sier City?"

"No, " I said hesitantly.

"Sam? I've seen him looking at you. "

"No. "

"Who, then?"

I was acting like I was ashamed. Straighten your spine, Sookie Stackhouse, I told myself sternly. Pay the piper.

"Bill, " I said, hoping against hope that she'd just say, "Oh, yeah. "

"Bill, " Arlene said blankly. I noticed Sam had drifted up and was listening. So was Charlsie Tooten. Even Lafayette stuck his head through the hatch.

"Bill, " I said, trying to sound firm. "You know. Bill. " "Bill Auberjunois?"

"No. "

"Bill... ?"

"Bill Compton, " Sam said flatly, just as I opened my mouth to say the same thing. "Vampire Bill. "

Arlene was flabbergasted, Charlsie Tooten immediately gave a little shriek, and Lafayette about dropped his bottom jaw.

"Honey, couldn't you just date a regular human fella?" Arlene asked when she got her voice back.

"A regular human fella didn't ask me out. " I could feel the color fix in my cheeks. I stood there with my back straight, feeling defiant and looking it, I'm sure.

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