Page 58 of Too Hot to Sleep
"Ah. So that's where he disappeared to. And I thought you were leaving to call Rob."
"I was," she said miserably. "But Ken followed me, then we kissed, then we heard someone coming, so we hid in a closet, then one thing led to another." She covered her mouth and breathed through her fingers. "And the whole time, he knew."
Toni put her hand over Georgia's on the table. "Okay, let's break this down. You thought you were calling Rob and dialed Ken's number by mistake."
"Right."
"Then the next day, you met Ken when he came into the E.R. with a dog."
"Right."
"Well, he couldn't have very well planned to hit a dog just to bring him in."
She shook her head. "No, Ken wouldn't do something like that. It was coincidental, I'm sure."
"But when he found out your name, he figured out who you were?"
Georgia bit on her lower lip, trying to remember their initial introduction. "He asked me if he knew me from somewhere, then said he knew a guy named Rob who dated a woman named Georgia, and I asked him if he was talking about Rob Trainer."
"And he said yes?"
She nodded, then her eyes went wide. "I must have called him Rob on the phone. He made up the part about knowing a Rob just to see if I was the person who had called him!"
Toni nodded. "Sounds reasonable."
Georgia smacked herself on the forehead. "The note."
"What note?"
"When I was leaving the hospital that day, Melanie gave me a note and told me that Rob had been called out of town."
"And Ken overheard this conversation?"
She nodded.
"So he knew Rob was out of the picture for a few days."
"But he couldn't have known that Rob wouldn't call, or that my message recorder was fouled up."
Toni shrugged. "I guess he figured he'd take his chances." She grinned. "You must be good."
Georgia blushed.Theyhad been good.
"I just think it's amazing that you were torn over breaking up with Rob because you felt like you guys were making headway, when the guy you were really making headway with was the same guy you were lusting and feeling guilty about."
She squinted. "I think I followed that."
"You get the gist."
Georgia sipped her lemonade. "Mmm. What did you put in here?"
"Rum," Toni said, pointing to the bottle on the counter. "Take a big drink. What was Ken referring to when he said he meant everything he said when you two were on the phone?"
She froze.
"What?"
"Well, there was one night—no, never mind."
