kc by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: deu
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“Are you saying you want me to lie for you? Is that what you’re telling me?” Tammy stood in the middle of their room, wearing a look of indignation.

Savannah wore only a towel. “That’s exactly what I’m asking you to do.”

She pulled some clean clothes from her suitcase and spread them on the bed. “I have to go into town and see Dirk, and you have to cover for me here. Tell them I have a migraine, that I’m sleeping it off.”

“But you don’t, and you aren’t.”

“So? What does that have to do with the price of Arkansas cotton?”

Tammy looked confused. “What does cotton have to do with this?”

Savannah sighed, feeling a depth of fatigue that had nothing to do with her morning hike through the daisies. “Tammy Lou...“Tammy hated it when she called her that, which was precisely why she did. “Are you telling me that you never, never, ever tell a lie. Not even a little white fib?”

Tammy lifted her chin a couple of notches. “I live my life in such a way that I don’t do things that I’m ashamed of, things that I would have to lie about to my fellow human beings.”

Savannah stared at her for a long time, wondering whether to pin a gold medal to her chest or barf on her pink tennis shoes.

“Well, that’s most commendable,” she said. “And I agree with you, at least in principle. But this is business, and in the course of earning a living, we sometimes have to blacken our souls by uttering a falsehood. So, if you won’t do it because I ask you to as a friend, then as your boss, I’m telling you to. Got it?”

“Oh, okay.” She seemed enormously relieved. “No problem.”

Savannah filed that one away for future consideration. Tammy’s sliding scale of moral values was a never-ending source of amazement and amusement for her.

Tammy headed for the doorway, then turned around abruptly and fixed her with a suspicious eye. “Wait just a minute. This trip into town really is business, isn’t it?” she said. “I mean... you wouldn’t just be sneaking off to get a big, gorpy dessert, or something disgusting like that, are you?”

“Tammy! I’m shocked.”

“Bull pucky. You’re going to do it. You’re going to break your diet and forfeit all the good the spa has done for you-That’s so sad, Savannah.”

“Oh, Tammy, Tammy... Ta-m-m-my. Don’t worry. I promise not to consume a single calorie while I’m away from the Royal Palms Spa.”

“Cross your heart?”

“And swear to swallow my bubble gum.”

Tammy appeared mollified. “Good. See you later this afternoon.”

After she had left the room and Savannah was getting dressed to go, she didn’t feel the slightest twinge of guilt. The cheap burger place where Dirk would want to eat always microwaved their beef patties. And microwaving food removed every single smidgen of a calorie.

Hell, everybody knew that!

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