The Knight, the Waitress and the Toddler by Arlene James

Author:Arlene James
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Edward watched as she climbed the steps to the kitchen area, then immediately turned his attention to David Greenlea. “Well,” he demanded abruptly, “what do you think?”

David inclined his head, resettled his glasses and looked at Edward, realizing no doubt that Edward would have liked to use his fists to permanently plant those glasses in his face. “I think she’s very lovely, very bright, and that I’d like to see a good deal more of her.”

It was all Edward could do not to wring his neck. “Meaning what exactly?”

David tugged his ear, leaned forward and picked up his coffee cup, sipped and set it down again. Taking his time, he settled back, spreading his arm across the space on the sofa where Laurel had been sitting. “Do you really want to know what I think?”

Edward ground his teeth together, managing to get out “Not really, no, but I don’t have much choice. Now do I?”

David smoothed the thigh of his chinos, then abruptly sat forward and pinned Edward with a direct look. “Let me ask you something. Just how far beyond business does your interest in Laurel go?”

Edward frowned. “It doesn’t.”

“Ah.” David sat back again, apparently at his ease. “In that case, I don’t mind telling you that she’s saner than you are.”

“That’s your official diagnosis?” Edward asked sarcastically.

“That’s my official diagnosis. Unofficially, I may as well tell you that I intend to ask her out.”

Edward blanched. He’d sensed, of course, that David was attracted to her, and he suspected that it might be mutual, but confirmation was a little hard to take. He told himself that she deserved better than David Greenlea. He’d never liked David, no matter what Ken and Parker might say, but he was responsible for bringing him here tonight, so what could he say, really, if David wanted to go out with Laurel? It didn’t have anything to do with the case. It wasn’t any of his business. He wondered if Kendra and Parker would speak to him again if he punched out David Greenlea’s lights in their living room. He swallowed down the impulse and several choice words that he couldn’t say, but they didn’t stay down. They climbed right back up his throat and got his tongue in a hammerlock. When he opened his mouth to breathe, they rushed right out.

“You’ve got some nerve, taking advantage of a woman in her position!”

“Taking advantage?” David exclaimed. “How did I take advantage? I did you a favor, if you’ll recall. That’s got nothing to do with Laurel herself.”

“No?” Edward retorted. “Well, it smells to high heaven, if you ask me. Just how ethical is it for a psychiatrist to date a patient?”

“She’s not my patient, nor will she ever be. And I’m not the one who set up this little farce. You are! How ethical is it to set up your own client for psychological evaluation with neither her knowledge nor her permission?”

“I didn’t have any choice!” Edward shot back. “I had to know she was playing with a full deck.

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