Chapter 15“Well, Jules, you certainly look good. How’s your back, and other parts?” Shelley had just come into my house. She had three very full shopping bags in her hands. “Do I see scratches across your chest?”
“Needle tracks, nothing serious,” I told her. I reached out and hugged her to me. She gave me a quick kiss on the lips.
She chuckled as she put her bags up on the kitchen counter. “I wasn’t sure how stiff you were so I took the chance that you wouldn’t want to go out to eat and went and got take-out.” She started taking boxes out of the bags. “Are you hungry now, or do you want to wait?”
“Let’s eat now. The only thing I’ve had since dinner last night was a scotch and a cup of coffee.” I had slept until almost three, gotten up, checked to see if Montie’s car was gone, which it w
