Stranger in the Moonlight (40 page)
“Is she all right?” Clarissa asked, alarmed. “Should she go see Dr. Reede?”
“No!” Russell nearly shouted, then controlled himself. “It’s a long story and I want to tell you about it—and to ask your advice. The gist of it is that Reede is the one who nearly ran over her and she’s to start work for him tomorrow. I’m afraid she may take a baseball bat to his head.”
“She’ll have to get in line,” Clarissa said. “Half the women in this town want to murder him. I heard that the last meeting of the Edilean Book Club spent three hours plotting ways to get revenge on him. I think the Lifetime channel is interested.”
Russ didn’t laugh. “I think Sophie has reason to chair the club. My brother—”
“Is going to be his usual scathing self,” Clarissa said.
“He’ll enjoy telling me what I
should
have done.”
“And you’ll enjoy telling him his faults,” Clarissa said. “I’ll get groceries and flowers and put them in Kim’s house. Come home soon and we’ll talk about what else to do.”
Russell smiled. He’d fallen in love with her the second he saw her and he still marveled at his excellent judgment. “Did I ever tell you that I love you?”
“Not for an hour or so,” she said, her voice soft. “Come home. I miss you.”
“Me too,” he said and clicked off. He could see Sophie through the window of the diner and he lifted his hand to her. As he walked back into the restaurant, he looked upward. “Give me wisdom,” he whispered, then went inside.
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