Heart of Darkness
“She waved a fork his way. “I want to know more about you. What did you do before you came here to Seattle? From what Nell and I could divine, you just sort of popped into existence.”
He allowed the topic to be dropped. She’d shared a lot and he’d be satisfied with that. For now.
He grinned. “I have my skills.” He paused, wondering how he could make it sound less, um, criminal than it was. It was important to him, probably for the first time with anyone, that she not see him as a loser.
“I’m loo...king forward to seeing just what those skills are.”
“I keep attempting to show you but you keep telling me I have to wait.”
She laughed. “Just make it really awesome when I finally give you the green light, then. How did you end up running a nightclub?”
“I ended up in New York City with a friend. We’d spent some less-than-law-abiding years together and he’d pulled his act together and started a business. I joined him and he gave me a job. I was good at it.” He shrugged.MoreLess
He allowed the topic to be dropped. She’d shared a lot and he’d be satisfied with that. For now.
He grinned. “I have my skills.” He paused, wondering how he could make it sound less, um, criminal than it was. It was important to him, probably for the first time with anyone, that she not see him as a loser.
“I’m loo...king forward to seeing just what those skills are.”
“I keep attempting to show you but you keep telling me I have to wait.”
She laughed. “Just make it really awesome when I finally give you the green light, then. How did you end up running a nightclub?”
“I ended up in New York City with a friend. We’d spent some less-than-law-abiding years together and he’d pulled his act together and started a business. I joined him and he gave me a job. I was good at it.” He shrugged.MoreLess
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