Chapter
Sixteen
Kristie gasped with a combination of
heat-shock and worry. She’d only just stepped out of the car a
couple of minutes ago and already she felt close to melting. In the
middle of the afternoon, the temperature remained around ninety and
the sun blazed down on her. Sweat dripped along her temples and ran
under her clothes, making her blouse cling unpleasantly.
She rounded a bend in the road and the
restaurant loomed ahead. At this time of day only a few cars baked
on the asphalt in front of the building. Probably even those
belonged to employees.
Her nerves stretched tight as she wondered
what she would be walking into. She regretted her logic had made so
much sense that even control-freak Jason had been forced to
concede.
Her reasoning was still good. But log
