Dark Service
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Griffin’s shoulders sagged and he tossed his remaining ice cream across to where Vee’s had landed. Birds settled into the extra cornet. Taking his handkerchief out and wiping his hands, he knew he was playing for time. At last he turned towards her and looked straight into her dark hazel eyes. She sure was pretty. The time had come to tell her.
“Okay, here goes nothing. But before I tell you, it’s nothing sordid, though it is extremely personal. But you are right: I need to get it out of the way, though in my experience, this is where the girls run a mile. I’m telling you this so that when you get the urge, you can just go.” Griffin dropped his shoulders and stared at his rather interesting knees as he began. Once he’d finished, he raised his head and looked across at Vee, expecting to see disgust and revolt on her face, followed by her hastily retreating body. But what he saw instead gave him hope. A tear slid down her cheek and even though it wasn’t a tear of joy, she was beginning to smile through it. Then she flung her arms around his neck and pulled him in close, albeit rather awkwardly. Somewhat taken aback, Griffin ended up falling into her lap and Vee burst out laughing. Had it not been for her words as she laughed, he would have thought she was taking the mickey.
“I think I might love you, Griffin Stokes. Is that okay?”
Shocked and a little surprised but incredibly happy, Griffin said, “I think that’s very much okay, Vee Dobbs, because I think I might love you too. Is that alright?”
The return smile was all he needed.
“Will you come with me for support, to Thailand?”
“Try and stop me,” she said. “My bag is almost packed.”
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About the Author
Hi, I’m Linda Coles. Thanks for choosing this book, I really hope you enjoyed it and collect the following ones in the series. Great characters make a great read and I hope I’ve managed to create that for you.
Originally from the UK, I now live and work in beautiful New Zealand along with my hubby, 2 cats and 5 goats. My office sits by the edge of my vegetable garden, my very favourite authors are Harlan Coben and Karin Slaughter and apart from reading and writing, I get to run by the beach for pleasure.
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