A Novel Death: a Danger Cove Bookshop Mystery (Danger Cove Mysteries Book 10) (20 page)

Marie burst through the door and stood, her hands on her hips.

"What did that little bastard want?"

I didn't know how to answer that. It was difficult to believe that he had an attack of conscience for how he treated me, since he rebounded so quickly. It was the first time I'd seen him in more than a year. In that time, I had only spoken to him once, and that was to arrange to pick up my things from his house. He'd already packed them and made arrangements to have them delivered to me, so even that was a quick phone call.

Why had he bothered to apologize for Katrina? Was it an inherent need to avoid ugly unpleasantness, drilled into him by his mother? Not that I cared, if he could help me get back to a real job and start earning the money I needed to repay Aunt Marie for my legal bills.

"He's going to help me find a job."

CHASING THE DOLLAR

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