King was outside the marquee at exactly 6:30 with two tickets in his hand. He’d been wondering if he should go inside the cinema and check out the seating situation, or maybe get in the popcorn line to save time, when Beth turned the corner and lifted a hand in greeting.
“Hey,” he said, holding a ticket out for her.
“Sorry I’m cutting it close,” she said. She came up onto her toes to kiss him on the cheek. It was the most affectionate Beth ever got in public, a kiss on the cheek. King understood. She was the DA and a lot of people knew her in town.
A lot of nosy people, she would’ve added.
A lot of nosy people “I got held up. Oh, but they don’t look too busy, do they?”
Beth wore a cream-colored pantsuit. Her braids had been pulled back and tied at the nape of her neck. At her scalp, h
