Don't Cry by Beverly Barton

Author:Beverly Barton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: American Light Romantic Fiction, Romance, Police Procedural, Fiction - Romance, Mystery & Detective, American Mystery & Suspense Fiction, General, Romance - Suspense, Romantic suspense fiction, Suspense, Chattanooga (Tenn.), Crime, Fiction
ISBN: 9781420110340
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2010-09-15T21:03:33.633000+00:00

Breaking a nail was no big deal. But when Audrey pried open an uncooperative file drawer and jammed her index finger in the process, it was the final straw. From the time she awoke that morning—after another of those nightmarish dreams about the day Blake disappeared—one thing after another had gone wrong. She had burned her toast, accidentally dropped her toothbrush into the toilet, spent fifteen wasted minutes looking for her misplaced keychain, and had, in her rush to leave the house, bumped her hip against the antique mahogany commode in the entrance hall.

The French-manicured acrylic nail on her right index finger broke off to the quick. Cursing as pain radiated from her severed nail up her finger and into her hand, Audrey grabbed a Kleenex from the box on her desk and managed to stop the bleeding quickly. She rushed into the bathroom, ran cool water over her entire hand, and with her left hand reached in the cabinet above the sink and removed a bottle of peroxide and a box of Band-Aids. Once she had cleaned the wound and stuck a Band-Aid over the end of her finger, she returned to her office.

Since she had strong-armed Hart into meeting her for lunch today, she would have to wait until after work to get her nail repaired.

Damn! She couldn’t go after work because she was picking up Zoe for dinner at her house so that they could begin work on her science project. She had an hour and a half between appointments today. If her manicurist could see her immediately, she could still have lunch with Hart, but only if they changed restaurants and ate somewhere near the spa.

She phoned Jessica Smith and explained the situation. “Of course, Dr. Sherrod,” Jessica said. “No problem. It won’t take long to put on a new nail.”

She dialed Hart’s cell number and got his voice mail. “Hart, it’s Audrey. Change of plans. Meet me at the Beauty and Rest Day Spa. I have a fingernail emergency.” She laughed. “We can grab a bite at the Sandwich Shoppe next door to the spa.”

On the short drive from her office to the spa, Audrey noticed a silver Lotus similar to Porter’s in the heavy traffic behind her. But it probably wasn’t Porter. He usually ate lunch downtown. Dismissing him from her thoughts, she fixated on her less-than-stellar morning. Adding to the other minor catastrophes, Donna had taken the day off for a root canal, one patient had canceled at the last minute, and Mrs. Fredericks had gone into one of her hysterical crying jags and thrown up on the floor, barely missing Audrey’s black-and-white Manolo Blahnik slingback pumps.

God in heaven, Audrey! Emergency nail appointments to fix a broken acrylic nail. Concern about a pair of shoes, albeit an expensive pair that just happened to be one of her favorites. She certainly sounded like a pampered piece of fluff, didn’t she?

Okay, so sue me, I’m a woman who likes to look good and appreciates fine things.

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