Rocky Start

Rocky Start

Author: Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer Listening Length: 11h 50m
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Think of the movie RED. Retired covert operatives living in a small town in the Smoky Mountains. What could go wrong? From the bestselling authors of Agnes and the Hitman and the Liz Danger series. Rose Malone’s landlord and employer, Ozzie Oswald, just died, and now she has no idea if she has a job or if she and her ...

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CHAPTER 25

I started dinner, which was going to be later than usual, like seven or eight o’clock. I’d decided to clean out the register and buy groceries, not just because it was Selfish Day, but because the way my week was going, I wasn’t sure I was going to live until breakfast tomorrow, although the threat of Junior seemed significantly less. Junior’s mother was still out there, and it seemed Betty Baumgarten had some history with her. Rocky Start had always been odd, a lot of close-mouthed retirees skulking about, but now it was beyond odd, zebras popping up everywhere.

I mean, Betty Baumgarten was a badass. Mindboggling.

So I figured “one day at a time” is a good motto. And since this was Selfish Day, I was sticking with it.