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Moving again, it didn’t even occur to her not to approach as she strode over, winding around the happy revelers. Everything was open plan. Slightly different décor distinguished different areas. Just like walking through a food court in the mall.
Even over the music, the blonde’s laugh illuminated the air.
Determined, Tess slipped between the pair, putting her back to the beauty to block her out. “Can you pick locks?”
“Hey!” Danny said, curving an arm around her hips to ease her back, so she faced the bar between him and the blonde. “Tess, this is Carly. Carly, Tess.”
Tess wasn’t sure why the blonde’s lip was curled with such disdain. “Nice,” Tess said with a nod. “Pleasure.” She slapped a hand on Danny’s shoulder to get his attention again. “Did you hear me? That’s a ‘mechanicy’ type thing, isn’t it?”
“I ordered a milkshake,” he said, jabbing his thumb over his shoulder just as a woman trussed up like a fifties waitress came over on skates with two milkshakes and a basket of fries. “See.” The server put the milkshakes down in front of Danny and the blonde, sliding the fries between them. “Know what else? Luz, she’s the manager, she says we can park in the lot overnight.”
“Okay,” Tess said. Depending on how things went after getting into the locker, that may not be a good idea. “Remember I had a question?”
“Uh huh,” he said, stuffing fries in his mouth and picking the cherry off his shake by the stem. “This place is great.”
He sucked the whipped cream from the underside of the shiny red cherry. Whipped cream and fries couldn’t complement each other, but he registered nothing negative as he offered the cherry to her mouth.
Taking the fruit between her lips, Tess held it while Danny pulled off the stem. He tossed it onto the counter on his return to the fries. He crammed a few in his mouth before plucking the naked cherry stone from her pursed lips.
“Danny?”
“Yeah, I’m listening,” he said around the fries. “I heard you. Can I finish my shake?”
He picked up the damp glass, ignoring the straw in favor of gulping from the side.
“Are you two a thing?” Carly asked.
Danny tipped his head back, catching a slurp of milkshake before it could escape his lips. “We’re not that specific,” he said. Impatient, Tess pinched his arm. “Okay, fuck, give me a minute, woman. Whatever it is, it’s not going anywhere.”
“Three thousand miles, Danny,” she said, reminding him of their journey. “Dead woman in the truck.”
“Oh my God,” Carly exclaimed.
“She was already dead when we put her in there,” Danny said, then frowned at himself. “That doesn’t sound better, does it?”
“We were having a conversation, Danny,” Carly said, her shoulders moving to better showcase her breasts. “I’d love to talk some more.”
Ah, that was this Carly’s interest? Sex?
“Oh, for the love of…” Tess muttered, reaching past Danny to pick up his shake. Slipping the straw between her lips to suck it down hard and fast, it didn’t take more than half a dozen long drags to finish the whole thing. After slamming the glass down, Tess grabbed Danny’s face and stuck her tongue in his mouth, showing without words that there was no way the blonde was getting lucky. Pushing him back just moments after he got with it enough to respond, Tess switched her attention to the blonde. “Not gonna happen for you. Not with this one. Not today.”
Exhaling her annoyance, Carly grabbed her purse and leaped from the stool to strut away.
Danny’s hand slithered under her skirt. “Little Red on a mission is hot,” he said.
She snaked her arm around to remove his hand from her ass. “The shake is done. Can you help me now?”
“Sure,” he said, scooping up a bunch more fries as he bounced off his stool. “Where we going?”
“This way,” she said, going back the way she’d come.
“What kind of lock is it?” he asked around the fries in his mouth.
She tossed her hair out of the way to glance at him over her shoulder. “Locker.”
“Ah, that’s easy. Thought you might have a challenge for me.”
As Tess was about to lead him beyond the service desk, he diverted to go straight there. One assistant was on a phone, the other was talking to a group of teens who’d just arrived ready to take over the rink.
