The Bitter Bite of Betrayal by Christine Zane Thomas

Author:Christine Zane Thomas [Thomas, Christine Zane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

9

When Kate left, I dabbled on the blog. But it was no use. The blog post that I was supposed to be writing, one about the quiche from the weekend, wasn’t flowing through my fingertips. Writing is hard enough without distraction. I couldn’t do it with thoughts of Javi being mad at me buzzing through my brain.

Still, I had to work. Mister Netflix wasn’t paying his way. The easiest way to distract myself, and call it work, was to cook. But I had to make something that could go with the Quiche Lorraine from the weekend. After a quick look on the internet, I decided on a Mediterranean quiche. Then I headed for BF’s Curb Market, Lanai’s one stop shop for groceries.

All I really needed were a few more eggs, some feta cheese, and a pack of sun dried tomatoes.

Per usual, my little trip to the store was turning into a big one. The BOGO deals, the ice cream, the other cheeses aside from the feta, they were adding up. My biceps couldn’t take it any longer.

“Fancy seeing you here,” a familiar voice caught me off-guard as I returned to the front of the store to unload my basket into a shopping cart.

“Officer Clarke.”

“Kieran,” Kieran said.

“Right.” I smiled sheepishly. “You did say to call you that.”

“A few times, if I remember correctly. What’re you shopping for today? Cheese?” He inspected my cart. “And ice cream. If you buy some milk, it’s the trifecta. All the dairy goodness there is to offer.”

“Aside from sour cream, half and half, cottage cheese, cream cheese—”

“Right, aside from those. Obviously.”

“What are you shopping for today?” I asked him. He was in his uniform. I told the inner part of me that liked a man in uniform to pipe down. He’s ten years younger than you, Allie Treadwell. And you’ve got Javi.

But did I? I wasn’t sure.

“Oh, I’m on the weekly grocery run. Just got off duty. This is basically like my Friday. I work the morning shift. The early morning shift. And weekends.”

“Yuck.” I made a face. In theory, it was a cute face, depending on whether or not he thought I was cute. The more he talked, the more I thought he did.

“You’re sure you’re not like dating Detective Portillo—cause I swear he got a little defensive the other day, you know when all that stuff went down and we went for coffee.”

“I swear we’re not,” I said. If Kate was here, she’d have noticed my change in tone and demeanor. I wanted to date Javi.

“Good,” Kieran said hastily. “I mean, yeah, good. Um, I mean it’s good because I kinda wanted to know if you wanted to go get coffee again.”

“But you don’t like coffee.”

“That’s a true statement. I don’t. Not really. How about a drink, then?”

“I’m not much of a drinker,” I said. “I’m a total lightweight. So, I swore off doing it alone—or with new people. I pretty much only drink around my friend Kate.”

Kieran look flustered. He sighed. “You’re not

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