The Heart Heist by Kress Alyssa

Author:Kress, Alyssa [Kress, Alyssa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: 4 Dolphins Press
Published: 2011-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

Kerrin refused to be goaded. "Anything is possible."

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Anything is possible. Gary considered this sentiment as he watched Kerrin, seated across the restaurant booth from him in Bishop. Maybe a person had to grow up in a place like Freedom to own the luxury of harboring such beliefs.

The dim overhead lighting glowed gently on her wheat-colored curls as she frowned over the menu. The woman's outlandish beliefs were nothing more than wishful thinking. Why, if he told her about his true purpose in her town and the damn tunnel, she'd probably believe he could find that, too. Gary didn't hold any truck with sheer wishful thinking.

And yet, hearing her spout such nonsense was no particular burden. As a matter of fact, it was rather pleasurable. Sort of like stealing a bit of her optimism.

Stealing again. Gary frowned downward and smoothed his finger over the heavy table knife. Sterling silver, he automatically noted. He knew how to walk away with the place settings on his own table as well as that of several others, but absconding with the silver of Bishop's only decent restaurant wasn't top on his mind. Top on his mind was the theft of something to which he had even less of a claim.

Maybe Kerrin had been telling the truth about Victor Bothmann. Maybe a romance between the two of them wasn't in the cards. Seen through the distance of a few hours' time, Gary could admit the possibility. But it was either Bothmann or some other well-educated, intelligent fellow from Kerrin's own social class who should be with her. Someone with a clean background and good family, someone who could offer her a future. Someone who had a right to be contemplating the possession of Kerrin's body.

The waitress came by for the second time, holding her pad up in hopeful expectation. "Have you made up your mind yet, honey?" Despite the linen napkins and expensive lighting, the help here behaved like they were working in the Daisy's Coffee Shop down the block.

Kerrin looked up at the waitress with a woebegone expression. Gary just knew she was going to beg for more time.

"The lady will have the trout," he said, putting her out of her misery. "So will I."

The harried waitress raised an eyebrow in Kerrin's direction, as if daring her to put up with this male arrogance. Amusement rose in Kerrin's gem-like eyes as she shifted her gaze toward Gary. "You weren't kidding. No compunction against eating them."

"Properly filleted." Gary made this distinction to the waitress, as well. "No bones. I happen to like fish," he told Kerrin. Besides which, he hadn't had any in five years at Chino, except inedible stuff fried in overused oil.

"Oh, I guess I'll have trout, too," Kerrin said, smiling as she handed the waitress her menu. "I suppose that's justice, assuming this meal's on the Department of Water and Power."

The waitress moved off in her black pants and orthopedic shoes. Gary reached for his dripping water glass. "Nope. This one's on me.

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