Page 62 of Never Sleep with the Enemy

“It can’t bethatbad. Let’s see it.” Tesla lowers her voice at me. “She always grunts like that, but it’salwaysbeautiful. Nothing looks bad on her, you’ll see.”

The curtain opens. Goldie steps out and I see that Tesla was absolutely right. She’s clad in a simple black jumpsuit. Loose about the waist but tight around her chest, showing off the curve of her martini glass shape.

Tesla sighs at me. “See?”

I nod. “It looks great!”

“Does it?” Goldie asks, doubtful. “You’re not lying, blue?”

“It looks so good, I want to peel it off your body and choke you with it,” Tesla says.

I blush, feeling the sudden urge to look away as if I just witnessed something too naughty for my eyes and ears.

Goldie beams. “Well, I guess I’ll get it, then.”

“Just pop it in my basket!” Tesla shouts over her shoulder, already back to skimming the long rack ahead of us. “So, Katrina?”

“Yeah?”

“What are your intentions with Logan?”

I blink. “Mywhat?”

She spins to face me, all amusement gone from her eyes as she demands an answer.

“I don’t have any intentions,” I say.

“You and yours aren’t planning some form of retribution or sabotage, then?” she asks blankly.

“No!” I say. “Of course not.”

“No hard feelings? About our summer activities, I mean.”

“No. I mean...” I pause, reluctant to say it. “Sure, you guys did some things to us, but I know it wasn’t your choice. You just did what you thought you had to do. Because of Monroe, I mean.”

“Right.”

“I’m just happy no one got really hurt.”

“Me, too.”

“And yeah, the others are still salty about it.”

“But not you?”

“No, I’m...” I shrug. “You seem like good people to me.”

To that, Tesla smiles. “You seem like good people to me, too.”

“Thanks.”

“I’ve killed before, you know.”

I lean back. “Really?”

Tesla cracks up. “No!” She playfully slaps my arm. “Of course not! I’m just messing with you.”

I chuckle warily.

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