Rocky Start

Rocky Start

Author: Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer Listening Length: 11h 50m

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 38

W hen I’d gone into the kitchen, Poppy went to the fridge for my Coke, Darius smiled at her in happy-my-girlfriend-is-happy-land, and Reggie and Marley froze like deer in the proverbial headlights. I recalled our last meeting and my parting words, something in the neighborhood of “I’ll kill you if I see you again.” Okay, I’m not the most socially sophisticated guy in the world. But they’d started it, which was childish, except they really had. Really.

Marley was subconsciously rubbing the side of his head and I realized that’s where I’d conked him. Reggie was staring as far away from Maggs as possible. She was looking at him as if remembering a tasty treat.

Poppy gave me the Coke.