Veil of Silence

by K'Anne Meinel

  Amy resisted the urge to blot at the brunette’s upper lip as she pantomimed it for her dinner companion to make her aware of it without embarrassing her and then watched amused as she wiped her lips clean like a child would with the back of her hand. “It’s just…life. It doesn’t always play fair.”

  Abby had to admit that was certainly true.

  “Would you ladies like anything else?” their server came up with separate bills which he handed each of them.

  “I’m good,” Abby said as she glanced down at her check.

  “It was delicious,” Amy said with a courteous smile and he nodded and stepped back.

  “Why don’t I get this?” Abby asked her reaching for Amy’s check.

  Amy looked up startled at the offer. “Why would you do that?” she asked.

  Abby seemed surprised that she would question her offer. “Why not? We spoke about business; I could write this off.” She grinned at the idea.

  Amy shook her head. “Thank you but no, perhaps another time and if you are serious about sellin’ me your store perhaps we could do this again?” she offered hoping to couch her refusal.

  “Why don’t you come by the store again tomorrow, I’ll be…around. We could discuss terms that would be agreeable to both of us. I like your ideas and I think you’d be successful at it. I’d like someone to succeed at it; God knows I have no interest.”

  Amy nodded as she slipped a twenty-dollar bill into her hand from her purse. They rose from where they were seated and headed to the cashier together. “I’d like that, perhaps we could have Lenora draw up some of the papers so she doesn’t feel left out?” she suggested.

  “You’ve already got her number don’t you?” Abby said astutely as she watched Amy pay her bill and then catching Mike the server’s arm as he walked past she handed him a five-dollar bill.

  “Thank you ma’am,” he said blushingly. Most people left the tips on the table but he kinda liked the opportunity to thank her personally.

  They walked out into the brisk early fall night and Amy pulled her jacket closer. The air was so clear you could almost drink it and she breathed deeply in appreciation of it.

  “You look like a hound dog smelling the air like that,” Abby teased as they walked along.

  “Could be worse things that I look like. Daddy had a good pair of coon dogs,” she answered with a laugh as she pressed the button on her key ring and unlocked the door to her new SUV.

  “This is yours?” Abby asked in surprise. Her car was parked alongside. She noted that the vehicle still had the dealer plates on it. If it wasn’t brand new it was only recently old, it was a Mazda CX-5 and looked sharp. She gazed at it enviously.

  Amy nodded proudly. “Yes I bought it yesterday, I knew I’d need a good sturdy vehicle for the winters up here and to get in and out of the cabin I rented.”

  “It got four-wheel drive?” she asked as she nearly drooled over the modern SUV.

  Amy nodded again. “Yep and all sorts of gadgets I’m gonna have to get used to.”

  Abby nodded wondering how much the SUV had cost her and smiled ruefully. A new SUV was far in the future for her and her children, in the meantime she had her cruiser. She watched as Amy got into the SUV and it smoothly started for her. “Hey, you might want to get a remote starter for it,” she suggested to her new friend.

  “Already got it thanks,” Amy said with a grin. “I’ll see you tomorrow.” She waved as she closed the door and slowly backed out of the stall. She didn’t notice that Abby was getting in the cruiser that had been parked next to her own SUV.

  ~END SAMPLE~

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