Vampire 02 by When Darkness Falls

Author:When Darkness Falls
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Shanna was stirring clumpy, powdered cream into a cup of overbrewed coffee when Sean Canady took the seat opposite her at the cafeteria table.

She straightened immediately, her eyes going wide at the sight of him.

“Lieutenant!”

“Hello, Shanna. Jade is with Rick?”

“Yes. I’m so sorry; we forgot all about you. They called about Rick—”

“I know.”

“Let me get you some coffee.”

He lifted a hand. “No, thanks. I just had about twenty cups.”

“At the French restaurant?”

He nodded.

“I’m so sorry.”

“It’s all right.”

“Well, at least, I’m sure, you had much better coffee.”

He grinned. “Probably.”

“They wouldn’t let me in to see Rick. Only Jade. He’s so sick. I just can’t believe it.”

“I wish I could see him,” Sean muttered. He studied Shanna suddenly. “How are you feeling?”

“Me?” She straightened. “I’m fine.”

“And Jade?”

“She’s fine, too. Just fine. But that cold is going around, I guess.

Cold! It’s much worse than a cold. Poor Rick. I can’t believe it, but they say... his life is in danger. They’ve had a priest in. He’s had last rites.”

“So I heard, but last report has it that he’s doing somewhat better.”

“I’m so relieved to hear that”

“Jade is still with him, right?” Canady asked.

Shanna nodded. He was so intense. And so good-looking.

All the married ones were, she thought with an inward sigh.

Except for the guy at the coffee shop. And he had been a noshow.

Maybe he was as sick as Rick. She hoped not.

“I’m really sorry we left you stranded there,” she told Sean. “We just forgot. Completely.”

“It’s okay. I understand.” He hesitated. “But I need to talk to Jade. I think she’s in serious danger.”

“I thought I’d just wait here until she comes down. I won’t let her be alone. We won’t try to walk home alone or anything. We’ll take a cab.”

He nodded. “I’ll just wait with you—if you don’t mind.”

She shook her head. “I don’t mind at all.”

“Do you play gin?”

“Sure. Do you have cards?”

“Well, not on me, but there’s a gift shop.”

“Great.”

They played gin.

Poker.

Shanna relieved him of the twenty dollars he had on him. Then she felt bad about beating a cop out of his money.

“It’s okay,” he told her, grinning. “My wife is rich.”

“She won’t mind my fleecing you?”

“Nope. But I can win it back at chess.”

“You think?”

“Yep.”

He was good at chess. He won the first game, and the second.

But she was good, too.

The games demanded their attention.

Time wore on.

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