The Keeper: An Opposites Attract Small-Town Romance (Book 1 in the Fall River Series) by G.K. Brady

Author:G.K. Brady [Brady, G.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Trefoil Publishing
Published: 2024-05-23T00:00:00+00:00

To her relief—and bemusement—there were no confrontations. Bruno Keating had passed the duty to his restaurant manager, Elena, the woman with the dark frizzy hair who had watched Hailey like a hawk the last time she’d been here. This time, though, the woman’s attention was lasered in on Cliff. The two joked and enjoyed social time while Hailey did the heavy lifting. Why was Cliff even here? Part of her was annoyed as hell, but the other part was grateful he stayed out of her way while she dug for any and every violation she could find. And as lunchtime stretched into late afternoon, her list was filling up. Some people never learned.

She nearly whacked her head on a shelf when a menacing chuckle sounded behind her. “Find anything interesting?”

Whirling, she faced platinum-blond hair, glacial eyes, and the tanned face of Bruno Keating twisted with a sneer.

“You’ll get a full copy of—”

Cliff’s voice boomed. “Mr. Keating!” Hand extended for a shake, he rushed at Miami Vice Thor.

Bruno accepted Cliff’s proffered hand while jabbing a thumb toward Hailey. “Did your girl tell you I saw her at the Miners Tavern last night?”

Cliff’s eyes narrowed. “No, she must’ve forgotten to mention it.”

Hailey straightened, her cheeks burning with anger. Your girl? Seriously? Embarrassment, with a pinch of panic, added to the blaze as she braced herself. How was she going to counter Bruno’s description of her tawdry outfit and the fact that she’d been quasi-moonlighting? But it wasn’t moonlighting if you simply volunteered and didn’t take any pay, if you were merely helping out a friend, right? And what you wore off duty was your business. So what if she’d looked a bit … hooker-ish?

With another surprising move, Bruno clapped Cliff on the back. “Let’s head to my office.”

What was with the buddy-buddy act? Hailey had little time to ponder it because Elena took up station and trained her beady little eyes on her.

“Back to work, Hailey,” Cliff called over his shoulder. “We don’t want to squander the taxpayers’ money.”

Hailey pressed her lips together and buried herself in the inspection.

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