Talk Nerdy To Me by Talk Nerdy To Me

Author:Talk Nerdy To Me
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Eve hoped either Manny, Kyle, or both of them together had done that number on her door. If they hadn't, then Denise was next in the lineup. Denise worked out every day. No flabby muscles would dare cling to her athletic frame. And she might be determined to protect her baby sister from doing something dangerous.

Denise would be smart enough to break down the back door to make it look as if the culprit didn't have a key. And Denise would rationalize it as all for Eve's own good. Eve didn't think Denise would be the least bit conscience-stricken if she thought her actions would save her little sister from her own stupidity.

But Eve wasn't about to help focus the laser beam of Charlie's intellect on Denise. She appreciated his protective tendencies, but a false accusation would rip apart a sisterly bond that was already worn in several places. Eve could kick herself for giving in to the urge to tell Denise about the hovercraft.

Charlie opened the back door of the bakery without knocking and they stepped into a world that smelled of family, Christmas, and lazy Sunday mornings. Or at least that's what Eve imagined the warmth and soothing aromas could mean in the right hands.

There hadn't been any baking going on in her parents' house, not with all the charity work her mother had to do. Christmas had been efficiently dispensed with because the holidays were high season if you were running charity balls and teas. Lazy Sunday mornings hadn't existed, either. Church early in the morning and a big brunch at the country club had taken up the biggest part of the day.

Eve's reverie ended abruptly as she realized Charlie had opened the back door of the bakery without a key. "The door wasn't locked?" She'd become fixated on the subject of locks recently.

"It's a problem with several people in my life these days," Charlie said as they stepped inside. "They say locking the door causes too many problems, like when Aunt Myrtle comes into the alley for a breath of fresh air and locks herself out."

"She goes outside in this weather?" Eve found herself in a little curtained alcove. A small bathroom was off to the right, and a large fuse box was mounted on the wall right next to the door.

"It's a habit left over from her smoking days."

"BS. She's sneaking a cigarette." Eve had been around too many people who had supposedly quit to believe that Aunt Myrtle went to the back alley to suck up plain old air. She was after nicotine.

"Charlie?" Rose Shepherd, a voluminous apron covering her pale green pantsuit, pushed back the curtain. "I thought I heard people talking back here. Hello, Eve!"

"Hello, Mrs. Shepherd." Eve winced at the heartiness of the greeting. No doubt about it, Rose was salivating for a daughter-in-law prospect, and by showing up tonight at this hour, Eve was implying a connection with Charlie that could lead to Something Big. Too bad for Rose.

"You should call me Rose," she said.

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