Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels [Michaels, Fern]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2021-06-22T00:00:00+00:00

“Cent’ anni!”

“Has anyone decided if they are going to participate in any of this evening’s activities?” Marilyn asked.

“Nina and I are going to the dart tournament,” Peter announced.

“I’m thinking about the class with Henry Dugan,” Rachael said impishly.

“I might do trivia,” Amy answered.

“You’ll beat the pants off everyone,” Frankie stated with a laugh. “You have an unfair advantage.”

“What advantage?” Marilyn queried.

“She’s a genius,” Nina said smoothly. “Graduated top ten in her class at MIT. She has a PhD in bioengineering.”

“That is impressive,” Marilyn responded, and chuckled. “I guess I’ll be skipping that.”

“If they allow teams, you can be my teammate,” Amy offered.

“A ringer, eh?” Peter joked.

“Shhhh . . .” Frankie whispered. “We don’t want people to know all of our secret weapons.”

Peter smiled. “Right. Man-dar. Genius.” He turned to Frankie. “What is your special talent?”

“I’m the ‘pushy-planner-lady.’ Also known as ‘Miss Bossy Pants.’”

“Yeah, but that’s not a secret.” Rachael got her digs in and stuck out her tongue.

“I’m an open book,” Frankie said. “Why not? I work with enough of them.” She chuckled at her own pun.

“Oh, I think there has to be some mystery in there, too, no?” Peter quizzed her.

“Hmmm. I think he’s got you on that one,” Nina interjected.

“And Nina is a comedian,” Frankie quipped back.

“That’s no big secret either,” Amy said innocently. “She was on Family Blessings.” Then she realized she had outed Nina.

“Oh jeez. I’m sorry, Nina.”

“I thought you looked familiar.” Marilyn eyed her. “But then I thought you probably get ‘You know who you look like?’ a lot.”

“I do get that a lot.” Nina chortled. “And I usually respond with, ‘Really? No one has ever said that before.’ ”

“See. Comedian.” Amy pointed the last piece of lobster at Nina.

“That’s terrific,” Marilyn added. “But I didn’t watch the show very often.”

Nina smiled. “Probably never, right? But that’s OK. To be honest, if I weren’t in it, I wouldn’t watch it either. Not my best work, even though it’s my best-known work.”

“Nina is an exceptionally fine actress. She did a lot of theater in high school and college. Moved to LA and got the job in the show,” Frankie explained.

“Let’s not forget that awful zombie movie I was in. Not my best work either.”

“Don’t be so modest. You made an excellent zombie.” Rachael cackled.

“You’re quite an interesting group.” Peter folded his arms across his chest and leaned back against his chair.

“We warned you.” Frankie smiled.

“You did indeed.”

Everyone had devoured the last morsel on their plates. “Can I interest anyone in dessert?” the waitress asked.

Groans went around the table. “Does everyone have an activity?” Frankie asked.

“See. Bossy Pants.” Rachael elbowed Peter.

“Amy, Marilyn. I’ll go with you to trivia; Nina and Peter, darts; Rachael is going to harass the dance instructor.”

The women gave her sloppy salutes. “Aye-aye, Captain.”

“Should we meet in the Stargazer Lounge afterward?” Frankie asked.

“Pushy-Planner.” Rachael nodded and poked Peter again.

“I think the games are officially over at eleven, but the piano bar and disco are open until midnight. The lounge is open until two.” Amy recited the schedule.

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