Chapter 12
After dropping Tim off at the resort at eleven, Brandon went to meet Veronica for coffee, since he still had a couple of hours until he had to work. Plus he figured he owed her some time.
So he met her at the coffee shop a couple of blocks from the resort. She was already seated at a little table in the corner with two blended coffee drinks in front of her. He took his seat across from her and grabbed the one he knew she had picked up for him.
“Save it,” she said when he pushed money at her. “You get it next time.”
Brandon eyed her. She looked…well, haggard. Her dyed blonde hair had been piled haphazardly on top of her head, she wore no makeup—unusual for Veronica these days—and she had dark circles under her eyes. “If I didn’t know better, I’d say it was ten years ago back
