Whiskey For Breakfast by Liliana Hart

Author:Liliana Hart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mysteries & Thrillers
Publisher: NLA Digital Liaison Platform LLC
Published: 2013-10-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

We stopped and grabbed lunch at a shrimp shack that sat right on the water. It was a little hole in the wall joint that had a scarred plastic table, fresh shrimp served in metal buckets, and sweet tea by the gallon. My mouth started watering as soon as we walked through the door.

We each ordered a pound of shrimp and I got a side of hushpuppies and coleslaw, and then we found a corner booth and waited. Savage was an enigma. He seemed to adapt to whatever situation he was in as if he’d always been there. He peeled shrimp like a local and only grimaced a little at the sweetness of the tea. And I knew if I asked he could tell me every detail of anyone sitting in the restaurant without looking. He and Nick had that constant awareness in common.

“So what do you think?” he asked.

I’d been thinking about what Rose had said ever since we left her. Every woman deserves a man like that at least once in her life. Maybe I was going about my dilemma with Savage entirely the wrong way. Maybe he was the one I needed to get out of my system. Because Savage definitely fit that once in a lifetime mold Rose had been talking about.

“I don’t know,” I said, peeling all of my shrimp so I had a big pile right in front of me. “Maybe just once. And maybe we could leave the lights off. It’s not like I’m in a relationship, so it wouldn’t be cheating. But it still doesn’t seem right. It’s a moral dilemma. I need to think on it some more.”

Savage’s hand froze just as he was dipping a shrimp into cocktail sauce, and I looked up to see him staring at me with his brows raised. “I meant what do you think about Rose and her denial of knowing Doc Neeley? Did it feel legit to you?”

“Oh.” I felt my cheeks heat and stuffed a shrimp into my mouth. “Yeah, but it sure is a coincidence about her son being illegitimate. What do you think?”

“I think she was lying about something, but I don’t know what. She’s had a lot of years to come up with a cover story. I don’t think we should rule her out.”

“If she’s lying, that would mean that Jamie is the only Tannenbaum heir. Why wouldn’t she want him to collect his inheritance?

“Who knows,” he shrugged. “But Jamie is legally an adult. I didn’t see him leave the house or I would have asked him if he’d be willing to take a DNA test. You can hunt him down later and ask him for it.”

We ate our shrimp in silence until I couldn’t take it anymore. “How long have you lived in the South?” I asked. Curiosity had finally gotten the best of me.

“Three years.”

“You like it?”

“It has its perks.” His eyes darkened to black fire and I watched the sensual curve of his lips as he licked a little sauce from his thumb.

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