Ride With the Devil by Megan Hart

Author:Megan Hart [Hart, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781940078007
Publisher: Chaos Publishing

10

“Closed?” Kathleen said. She turned to him. “It’s closed today?”

Jake looked closer at the sign on the coffee shop door, then up and down the street. Other shops on this side were dark, while ones across the street were lit. “Power outage.”

Kathleen blew out an irritated breath. “Well, shit. I really needed the time today. I got another request from an agent, for a full. I need to get some revisions done.”

There was always the possibility that she’d have worked on her story instead of talking to him, even if working hadn’t been her recent habit. Jake studied the hand-lettered sign, thinking last night of the devil asking him to “just do this one thing, real quick.” That one thing, real quick, had been the scattering of a handful of nails across a rural road just outside of town.

“Eighteen-wheeler hit a power line,” said the man passing behind them on the sidewalk. “Knocked the power out for this block only. Strangest damn thing, you’d have thought it would’ve taken out more than that. Guess we got lucky.”

“Anyone get hurt?” Kathleen asked.

“Heard the driver died.” The man’s shrug said he didn’t really know for sure, or maybe didn’t care.

Jake’s stomach twisted. His tongue got thick, throat dry. He closed his eyes for a moment, remembering the tinkling clink of metal nails hitting asphalt and the glint of them in the lights of oncoming cars. He waited until the other guy had passed them before he turned to her.

“I can make you some coffee, Kathleen. I have a table you can sit at, if you need to get some work done. I only live over on Maple. You want to come over to my place?”

She would say no, he thought. No thank you, Jake, but I couldn’t possibly. It wouldn’t be appropriate. I’ll go to the library. Or I’ll sit in my car….

“Are you sure? I don’t want to be a bother.”

Somewhere, the devil laughed, but Jake didn’t.

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