The Blue Bath by Mary Waters-Sayer

Author:Mary Waters-Sayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250088239
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

chapter ten

Kat noticed the silver sports car, parked at an angle and too far from the curb, before she noticed him. He leaned back on the car easily, arms folded across his chest, eyes on the house in front of him. It was partially hidden under a cobweb of scaffolding, while being repainted in the approved shade of eggshell white. He hadn’t seen her yet, but it was too late for her to turn around. She glanced down the street. No sign of the neighbor or of the neighbor’s driver. No sign of the security guard at the Greek embassy. The road was empty of traffic. He was still staring at the house when she stopped in front of him.

“What are you doing here?”

“Kat.” His eyes came upon her slowly. Despite where he was, he seemed surprised to see her. “I came to see you. You live here?” He said the last word with emphasis.

“Yes.”

He smiled.

“What?”

“It just seems like we are both a lot more than two hours away from Paris.”

Kat regarded him silently, not moving from her spot on the pavement. He squinted at her for a moment with an expression that seemed equal parts contrite and amused. “I came to say I am sorry.”

“Yes. I imagine you are.”

He shook his head and smiled ruefully at her. “Listen, do you think we could lay down our weapons for just a moment? Or do you need to take a few more shots at me for yesterday?”

Kat was unbalanced by his breeziness. Where was the rage she had seen in his eyes yesterday? She could not figure out exactly what circumstances had rendered her the angry one and him the rational one. She remembered it being the other way around.

Across the street, the security guard at the Greek embassy eyed them lazily as he emerged from the side of the building, a paper cup clutched in his hand. His blue jacket, emboldened by its official crest, was pulled taut across his middle, secured by a single, brave button. She had trouble imagining him springing into action to fend off an invasion by Troy or some other crisis.

Turning back to Daniel, she cocked her head and regarded him. “Where’s Martin? I’m surprised he let you out by yourself.”

“Funny girl.” He said it as if he were discovering, in that moment, that she was, in fact, a funny girl. That in remembering other things about her, he had forgotten that detail.

Kat shifted the flowers in her arms. She should really put them in water. A car drove down the road and she noted with alarm that it slowed as it passed by. Had the driver recognized her? Or him? She watched the next car nervously as it passed and noticed that as it slowed, it swerved slightly toward the center of the road. She realized with relief that it had slowed simply in order to avoid Daniel’s car, the side of which was sticking out into the road.

She turned her attention back to Daniel.

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