The Longest Night by Andria Williams

Author:Andria Williams
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2016-01-11T23:00:00+00:00

“This is a nice neighborhood,” Eddie noted. “They have us in a tiny duplex on Alvarado.”

“How awful,” Jeannie said, sincerely. “Can I get you anything? Coffee? Cigarette?”

“I don’t smoke Virginia Slims,” Eddie smiled.

“Well, I have Chesterfields, of course. And Lucky Strikes.”

“Maybe later.” Eddie held up a hand, as if he were a model of restraint. “Thank you.”

Jeannie smiled and lit herself one.

Eddie looked around the room. “So, where is she?”

Jeannie blinked. “Who?”

“The baby. The baby girl.”

“Oh,” Jeannie said. “Why, she’s out with the nanny.”

“Really?”

“Yes. They went to the library and the park.”

“She’s old enough to go to the library and the park?”

“She’s almost two years old.”

Eddie shook his head in wonder. “Well, I’ll be. I guess I still pictured this little baby. What do two-year-olds do? Is she walking? Talking?”

“Walking, yes. Talking, a little. She has dark hair and long, long eyelashes. She looks nothing like me,” Jeannie said.

This brought a smile to Eddie’s face.

Jeannie stood and walked to the wet bar. “What can I get you to drink?” she asked.

“It’s ten-thirty in the morning,” Eddie laughed.

Jeannie shrugged, poured them each a gin and tonic without waiting for his preference, and handed it to him with her most brilliant smile.

“Ha. That’s good. You’re right, it’s always five o’clock somewhere.” Eddie slurped without further reservation. Jeannie sat beside him on the couch, at an angle, their knees almost touching: his broad and rounded in their khaki slacks, hers slender and shimmering under panty hose. She reached out and touched his knee, lightly.

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