Speak Easy by Melanie Harlow

Author:Melanie Harlow [Harlow, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, New Adult, Historical
ISBN: 9781489515902
Published: 2013-07-13T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

We ate by candlelight, with an ivory linen tablecloth underneath matching plates and the radio playing softly in the front room. The meal was delicious, and I was more ravenous than I’d been in weeks, maybe months. The wine took the edge off my nerves, but I kept finding it difficult not to look at Joey, who sat across from me. I’d never noticed how long his eyelashes were, or the sweet way he closed his eyes during grace before meals.

That is the wine talking. Eat your goddamn dinner and get upstairs.

But I could have sworn I caught him looking at me once or twice too.

When everyone had finished, the girls and Evelyn started on the dishes while I said goodbye to Joey. “Be careful tonight,” I told him at the door. “And let me know as soon as you can how everything went.”

“You be careful too. I know he’s good-looking, Tiny, but he’s one of them.”

I narrowed my eyes. “Look who’s talking. I don’t need any lectures from you, pal. Except maybe on cooking.”

“Ain’t that the truth.” He pulled his cap from his back pocket and slapped my shoulder with it before setting it on his head. “See you.”

I watched him jog to his car and said a quick prayer for his safety.

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When the dishes were done, Evelyn and I went up to my bedroom so I could change. “Tiny, what the hell?” she burst out as soon as we shut the door.

“What?” From my closet I took out the blue dress, holding it at arm’s length to check for wrinkles.

“You and Joey, that’s what!” She plopped down on my bed. “It’s completely obvious.”

I pressed the dress to my body and looked in the mirror over my dresser. My cheeks were flushed from the wine. “There is no me and Joey.”

“Yet.”

“Ever.”

She looked at me in the mirror. “Why not? He’s gorgeous. He’s sweet. He cooks.”

Because I’ve already had my hands on another gangster’s cock. “Mmmm, supper was good, wasn’t it? I don’t remember when I’ve eaten so much.”

“Yes, it was, although I don’t know how you two got any eating done the way you kept stopping to stare at each other.”

I turned to her, lowering the dress. “Evelyn, stop it. I’m not interested in Joey.”

“You think you’re not, but I know you. You are.” She crossed her arms, watching me lay the dress on the bed. “And I think you should do it.”

“Do what?” I opened a dresser drawer and began pulling out my undergarments.

“You know what. I would.”

I glanced at her over my shoulder. “So you do it.”

She sighed. “I would do it with him in a heartbeat if I thought he was interested. But he’s only got eyes for you.”

“You’re mistaken.” I lifted my black stockings from the drawer. “We can hardly stand each other. And besides, I’ve got eyes for someone else right now.” I held up my step-in and gave it a little shake. “Someone who knows what I wear underneath that blue dress.”

Evelyn gasped.

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