The Firefighter's Woman by Loki Renard

Author:Loki Renard [Renard, Loki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2016-08-31T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Sarah’s hangover, which had seemed to abate while making love with John, returned with a vengeance when she found herself standing outside a municipal building.

“The library?”

“Mhm. This is where you’re going to work. Come on.”

Sarah allowed herself to be led into the old building. It smelled of old people and books. And books that smelled like old people. The smells were interchangeable and she didn’t like any of them. She tried not to look too petulant as she folded her arms over her chest and stood next to John at the ‘returns’ counter. He probably wished he could return her where he got her from.

“Can I help you?” An old woman with spectacles as thick as the lenses of telescopes peered at them from behind the desk.

“We’re here to see Mrs. Derringer,” John said. “I believe she’s expecting us.”

“She’s in her office. Up the stairs and to the right.”

“Thank you, ma’am,” John said politely, leading the way behind the library counter and toward a door in the rear that led to a stairway, which eventually led to the aforementioned door on the right. He knocked and announced their presence, which was met with rather deep but feminine tones.

“Come in, John!”

Sarah entered the room behind John and found herself looking at a tall older woman with her hair in a dark chignon streaked with many strands of gray. She had bright blue eyes much like Sarah’s own eyes, but they were obscured behind thick round spectacles. Her fashion was, well, old-fashioned. She wore a cream blouse with the buttons done all the way up to the very top of her collar, and a long tweed skirt. The only potential nod to fashion was the long leather boots that went up past the hem of the skirt. Sarah rather liked them. She didn’t like anything else about the woman, who was looking at her with a piercing gaze and a smile that was just the wrong side of friendly.

“This is Mrs. Anne Derringer,” John said. “She’s the head librarian and she needs an assistant. That’s you.” He gave her a little nudge. “Say hello, Sarah.”

“Hello, Sarah,” Sarah said with a bright smile. Mrs. Derringer’s brow rose just a hair.

“Don’t be a little smart ass,” John murmured in her ear.

“It’s nice to meet you, Sarah,” Mrs. Derringer said in cultured tones.

“Nice to meet you too,” Sarah lied. She couldn’t believe John thought she should work at the library. If she had to have a job, she would have much preferred to work in a clothing store or something bright and loud. Somewhere with life. It made sense though, that he would choose someplace like this, somewhere boring where she couldn’t get into what he would have called ‘trouble.’

“Have you worked in a library before, Sarah?”

“I didn’t even know they still had libraries,” Sarah said brashly. “I thought these places had gone the way of the dinosaurs. Is there a section for stone tablets?”

Mrs. Derringer’s lips pressed into a thin smile and she

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