Page 61 of Delivery After Dark
“You’re not, though.”
Inside the hotel, she went to the registration desk to hug the young woman who came around the desk when she saw Sierra come in.
Sierra turned to Morgan. “This is my friend Piper. She works here. Piper, meet Morgan Weyland.”
Piper shook his hand. “It’s so nice to meet you, and I’m very sorry about your brother.”
“Thank you. Nice to meet you, too.”
Piper tucked reddish-brown hair behind her ear and propped her elbow on the desk. “So you guys are…”
“Having dinner at Steph’s.”
“Together. Interesting.”
“Mind your business, girlfriend.”
“The way you all minded mine when I started seeing Jack?”
“No, not like that at all.”
Piper laughed. “Jack’s coming by after he gets off work. Meet us at the bar after dinner so I can get to know your friend.”
“We’ll see,” Sierra said, giving Morgan a gentle push toward the restaurant.
“Very nice to meet you, Morgan,” Piper called after them.
“You, too.”
“Come to the bar!”
“Sheesh,” Sierra said. “This place.”
“You can’t get away with anything.”
“I know! But to be fair, we’ve been pretty relentless with her since she started seeing Jack Downing, one of the state police officers who works out here.”
“Ah, I see. So payback is a bitch.”
“Yes, and so is she!”
Laughing, Morgan gave his name at the hostess desk, and they were shown to a table by the window, near a roaring fire in the stone hearth that made up the center of the room.
Morgan held her chair and waited for her to get settled.
“Your server will be right with you,” the hostess said.
“Thank you.” Morgan took his seat and looked around to find the restaurant was doing a brisk business for a weeknight in December. “Is this okay?”
“It’s perfect. I love the fire.”
“Me, too. That’s my number one prerequisite for my future permanent home. Must have fireplace.”
“You’re not permanent in your place on the mainland?”
“Nah, it’s an apartment.”
“Whereabouts?”
