CHAPTER 31
MARIE WATCHED JESS at the wet bar, greeting, touching, spreading her poisonous charm. Her husky voice and fluid movements were mesmerizing and Marie could understand, but not absolve, the fascinated male attention she commanded. Jess moved across the room, graceful and confident, and out into the hallway. Marie got up and followed. In the kitchen, she found Jess standing on tip-toe, reaching for a box of herbal tea on a high shelf.
“Are you taller than me?” Jess asked. “Can you reach those peppermint tea bags?”
Marie gave them a half-hearted swipe. “Nope.”
Jess pulled a chair over from the breakfast nook and climbed up. Marie leaned against the counter and watched, arms folded over her chest.
“Pretty historic day, huh?” She said to Jess. “The kind where you’ll always rememb
