Pearls And Poison (A Consignment Shop Mystery) - Plot & Excerpts
My heart had been doing the slow-thud-and-flip-flop thing since he had walked out the door forty-five minutes ago. I hadn’t been able to concentrate for beans. What was wrong with me? It was a simple foxtrot, not even a rumba. It was Walker Boone for heaven’s sake, the bane of my existence through divorce hell and beyond. It had to be the Adam Levine influence I told myself. “One More Night” was one of my favorite songs, and Levine’s voice could turn any situation, even a teen dance lesson and Walker Boone into something . . . hot. I took a few deep brain-cleansing breaths as I locked up KiKi’s house and headed for mine. Mamma’s Caddy was parked at the curb. “You’re all flushed,” she said to me while getting out of the car. “Taught one of KiKi’s dance classes is all.” We started up the walk together. “Are you here for breakfast?” I asked, needing to get my brain focused on something else besides Boone and midnight black eyes. “I was just going to the store.
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