The Devil Has Dimples by Phillips Pepper

Author:Phillips, Pepper [Phillips, Pepper]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Lagniappe ePress
Published: 2011-10-01T07:00:00+00:00

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What a mess. Piles of papers were on the desk, there were even piles on the floor, plus a large stack of reference books haphazardly leaning against the wall in no apparent order. It would take a long time for me to sort through everything. I decided to tackle the desk drawers first. If I was going to hide something, the drawers would be my choice.

Maudie had an old-fashioned desk lamp, with a green glass lampshade. The light couldn’t reach into the drawer I pulled out. So, I decided to take the whole drawer upstairs and sort through it up there. When I slid it out of its hole, I almost dropped it. The sucker was made out of solid wood and stuffed full. Carefully, I propped it on my hip and turning off the lights as I went back upstairs.

Grant was still in his room, and I could hear him talking to someone on the phone. Tina?

I decided to use the dining room table. I plunked the heavy drawer down and started some more water to boil. As I was redoing my cup and tea bag, I heard Grant’s door open. Turning around I noticed that he was standing there with a rueful grin on his face, towel-drying his hair.

“Took your shower already.”

“Yeah. A cold one.”

I couldn’t help it, but smiled. He took a cold shower because of our kiss. A warm flash went from my throat through my stomach and landed south of there. I was going to need a cold shower myself. Then I thought of Tina, and it pretty much cooled me right off my lust.

He looked at the table and asked. “What’s that?”

“A drawer from Maudie’s desk.”

He walked over and poked around the contents with his finger. “Good luck. It looks like a mess.”

“If you think that looks bad, you should see the rest of the desk.”

“I have. Once she was out of town and I had to find her checkbook, and it took me an hour. Needless to say, I didn’t go fishing around in her stuff again.”

“Well, it’ll give me some direction. At least, I hope it does.” The teapot started to sing, so I took it off the burner and started to pour a cup. “Want some tea?”

“No. I think a beer would calm me down.” He opened the refrigerator and pulled out a long-neck, twisted off the cap and sat at the table.

“Calm you down?”

He flashed his dimples. “Yep. For some reason my heart is racing.”

I could feel myself blushing. I hate when that happens. It starts up my neck and then flushes out into my cheeks.

Grant chuckled. “Seems like something on you is racing too.”

“Hush.” I finished making my cup of tea and sat across from him. Taking out a handful of stuff from the drawer, I placed it in front of me. What a bunch of junk. Three envelopes, with nothing inside. I got up and took the trash can from under the sink and set it beside me at the table.

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