Chapter 9
Vanessa kept her arm around Emma Jane as they entered the restaurant. It was mostly empty, which seemed odd until she checked her watch and realized it was already after two o’clock. Obviously, the lunch rush was over. Keeping a fake, professional smile on her face, Vanessa was careful to maintain just the right amount of eye contact with the officer as he showed them to a table.
While she knew Emma Jane could see darkness around the two men, if Vanessa had been an ordinary person, she would've been flattered by their attention. After all, two French gentlemen escorting them to lunch without either Emma Jane or Vanessa asking them to was within the realm of what she considered gentlemanly, even wish-fulfilling, for many women. But Vanessa still remembered another man who had be
