Catwoman by Asprin Robert

Author:Asprin, Robert [Asprin, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

needed a voice.

"Omygod." Bonnie clapped her hands over her mouth. The skin

surrounding her freckles flared blush-red. "The door. Omygod---I'm locked

out!" She staggered back a step, colliding with a row of garbage cans. The

blush died suddenly; her face was almost gray. "My keys. Everything. I'm

locked out of the office, of my apartment. I don't have any money---

Omygod. Omygod. What am I going to do?"

It went against everything Selina had believed since she arrived in Gotham

City, and everything that had brought her here, but she reached out and put her arm around Bonnie's shaking shoulders. "Maybe you're not really

locked out. Let me give it a try. I have a way with locks sometimes."

A few minutes later the two women were in the Wilderness Warriors

office again.

"Wow---I don't believe you did that. You just shook the door a couple

times and it opened. Wow," Bonnie repeated for about the tenth time.

"It wasn't anything." It hadn't been quite that easy, but she was certain

Bonnie hadn't seen her palm the steel pick. Selina certainly wasn't going to

reveal her secrets.

"Oh, it was. I thought I was in real trouble. Now you've got to let me help

you with the guy with the tigers. Fair is fair. When can you get me inside?"

Layers upon layers of doubt showed on Selina's face---so many that

Bonnie herself noticed.

"I'm not afraid and I'm a good photographer." She spotted the wall clock:

a few minutes after five. "I could show you. I brought all my gear from

college. I really thought this internship was going to be more than

answering telephone calls. I thought they were going to send me someplace

. . ."

Selina shook her head, retreating for the door as she did.

"Please. Please give me a chance . . . ? What's your name, anyway? If

we're going to work together to get this guy, I've at least got to know your

name."

The doorknob pressed against Selina's palm, but she didn't turn it. "Selina.

Selina Kyle."

"Selina. I like that. Moon goddess. Diana. The Huntress. What a great

name for a Wilderness Warrior. Who ever heard of a Wilderness Warrior---

or any kind of warrior---named Bonnie? Look, it's after five. I can lock up,

leave with my keys, and we can do dinner---I've always wanted to say that:

'do dinner'---and we can make our plans. I'm great at making plans, too. . . ."

None of Selina's formidable defenses was designed to protect her from

friendship. She was completely tongue-tied, which someone else might

have noticed, but not Bonnie. She took silence for consent and quickly shut

down the office.

"Where do you want to go for dinner? I don't know very many places.

I've only been in Gotham a few weeks. I know a nice little Italian restaurant,

but it gets crowded. Is that a problem? People might overhear us talking.

Do you think we should worry about people listening---I mean, if we're

going to be breaking into someone's place? Maybe we should do take-out

instead. Or I could cook---"

"Wait." Selina found her voice. "Who said anything about breaking into anything?"

"Well, you picked the lock, didn't you? I mean, I'm not from Kansas. I

already tried wiggling it, and it didn't open for me.

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