Tears by Francine Pascal

Author:Francine Pascal
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2001-10-15T16:00:00+00:00

Planning a Dinner Party

He made a mental note never to use her again once she’d completed this job for him.

“Lunch!” she announced with a primitive grunt. For what seemed like the thousandth time, she slid a tray through the midlevel slot in the door.

Loki grabbed his meal and immediately searched under the paper plate for his delivery. The moment his fingertips made contact with the flattened shrink-wrapped package, a smile overtook his stern expression. It was his first smile in days. And from this moment on, it certainly would not be his last. Loki peeled the package from under the tray and punctured the shrink-wrap, taking a nice long whiff.

Ahhh. Nothing like the scent of fresh laundry.

He made a mental note to have his entire wardrobe laundered for his return home. Which, thankfully, would be in just a few more days. The preparations had taken a tad longer than he’d predicted, but at last events were falling into place, and the plan was back on schedule.

Loki pranced back to his bed (there was room for about two steps of prancing in his claustrophobic cell) and placed the package under his mattress, humming the “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Ninth. Yes, it had become overexposed and bourgeois, but it seemed appropriate for the moment. He could feel the tide was turning back in his favor.

Permanently.

Freedom was just days away. Dinner at Compagno’s, a comfortable bed, tailored shirts, and best of all... a brand-new daughter.

GAIA MOVED THROUGH THE CHILLY darkness, a light rain sprinkling softly around her. It had been a long time since she’d done this—since she’d roamed the streets at night, looking for action. She crossed Little West Twelfth Street for the second time already, staring into silent storefronts up and down dark alleys that glistened slick and empty.

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