Chapter 10
"YOU'RE early," Steve said, opening the door for Mildred.
"Yes," Mildred replied, arching stiffly for a grand entrance. "And I just saw old Dan Moore getting into a cab down the block."
"Really?" Steve faked. "I wonder what he was doing in this neighborhood?"
"Loading a cute piece of jailbait into his cab." Mildred hesitated. "She looked a lot like one of the new girls at the office."
"Well, what do you know about that?" Steve replied, feigning surprise.
Mildred tugged at her mink stole, tossed it casually over the back of a chair. Regardless of what Adele had to say about the daringly low-plunge of Mildred's outfit, Steve thoroughly approved of it.
"If you don't mind, Steve, I'll dispense with the expected compliments about your apartment. I didn't come here to appraise
