The Ladies of Garrison Gardens by Louise Shaffer

Author:Louise Shaffer [Shaffer, Louise]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary Women, Sagas, Family Life, General, Fiction
ISBN: 1400060621
Google: 6hGSI6DIQR4C
Amazon: B000FCK5X0
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2005-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

They didn't go to the Sportsman's Grill because it was too late. After ten the grill morphed from a place for family dining to a place for serious drinking. Laurel and Perry drove to McGuire's, a little all-purpose store with the best home-cooked takeout in the state. They picked up two fried chicken suppers, with an order of special fried okra and a can of bug spray, and took the feast back to eat on Laurel's porch. Perry sat across from her, not next to her, and didn't try to touch her once. And if she'd been afraid he was going to start up with his foolishness again, she needn't have worried. He kept up a stream of the kind of chitchat he'd have had with an elderly female relative, talking about his work with Maggie and how his mama was going back to school after all these years so she could be a teacher. By the time they finished eating, Laurel could almost tell herself she'd imagined his declaration of passion and the follow-up scene in the clinic the next morning.

As she walked with him to his car, she was congratulating herself on how well she'd handled the situation when he stopped and said, “Now, I'd say we're making progress, wouldn't you?”

“Huh?”

“You haven't called me Wiener in at least three hours. I told you you'd start adjusting your thinking.”

“I haven't adjusted a damn thing!”

“Well, you always were bullheaded. You'll come around.” Before she could put him in his place, he added, “But about Stuart Lawrence. It wouldn't hurt to do some research on him.”

“I should research Junior?”

“Trust me, he's done plenty of research on you.” He gave her a quick peck on the cheek, said, “You'd better go inside. It's past midnight and we've been sitting here so long we're going to be out of bug spray,” and on that romantic note he left.

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