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“When you’re in my world, you don’t get to ask questions. You just have to go along with whatever I say. Can you do that?”
I nibbled my lip while I debated.
“Duchess?”
“I guess I don’t really have a choice, do I?”
He cracked a smile. “Not unless you want to dodge the senator’s son all night on your own.”
“Okay, Bones. In your world, I won’t ask questions and I’ll go along with whatever you say.”
“You hungry?”
I nodded.
“You eat seafood?”
I nodded again.
“Good, I know a place.”
Chapter 12
The restaurant was less of a restaurant and more of a hole in the wall. You wouldn’t find it on a map or in the Zagat guide. It was the kind of place my mother wouldn’t be caught dead in.
I loved it.
It smelled like the ocean and the tables were covered in brown paper. The walls were decorated with dusty black and white vintage photos of fishing boats and rough, weathered dock men.
Bones placed his hand at the small of my back as the hostess led us to a tucked away corner table.
“Your server will be right with you,” she said before disappearing.
“What’s good here?” I asked as I reached for the menu.
“Everything,” he said. “But I think we should start with two pounds of crab, potatoes, and corn. It sounds like a lot, but trust me, we’ll get through it.”
I nodded. “Sounds good to me.” I set my menu aside and picked up a folded plastic square. “What’s this?”
“A bib.”
“A bib? Why do I need a bib?”
“Because the crabs splatter when you crack them open.”
“We’re cracking our own crabs?” I asked.
“Have you never cracked your own crab legs?”
I shook my head.
Bones leaned back in his chair. “This’ll be fun.”
The server came by our table and Bones put in our order.
“And to drink?” the server asked.
“Water’s great, please,” I said. “Thanks.”
