One Night Only (176 page)

“
I
hav
e
Dann
y
t
o
thin
k
of,
”
sai
d
Gina
.
“
I
hav
e
Danny an
d
I
hav
e
lock
s
t
o
chang
e
an
d
I
hav
e
t
o
focu
s
o
n
the future
.
I
neve
r
wan
t
t
o
loo
k
back
.
I
neve
r
wan
t
t
o
be treate
d
lik
e
thi
s
again.
”

T
revo
r
ha
d
lef
t
i
n
a
n
awfu
l
rag
e
earlie
r
,
vowin
g
t
o
be back
,
bu
t
Gin
a
couldn
’
t
eve
n
thin
k
o
f
tha
t
no
w
.
She’d
tidie
d
hersel
f
u
p
an
d
hun
g
ou
t
som
e
washin
g
an
d
wa
s
on autopilot
,
convincin
g
hersel
f
tha
t
sh
e
ha
d
see
n
th
e
las
t
of him
.
Sh
e
kne
w
dee
p
dow
n
tha
t
sh
e
hadn
’
t
.

“That
’
s
good,”
said
Poll
y
.
“Stay
strong,
Gina.
I
will
be
cheerin
g
yo
u
o
n
fro
m
th
e
sideline
s
o
r
th
e
fron
t
ro
w
or whereve
r
yo
u
wan
t
m
e
t
o
be.
”

“Thanks,
”
sai
d
Gina
,
an
d
Poll
y
lef
t
he
r
standin
g
i
n
the kitchen
,
claspin
g
he
r
coffe
e
cu
p
a
s
i
f
i
t
hel
d
th
e
secre
t
path t
o
a
pain-fre
e
future
.

“
Y
o
u
didn
’
t
ea
t
much.
”

T
es
s
wa
s
starin
g
a
t
he
r
plate
,
unawar
e
tha
t
sh
e
hadn
’
t
touche
d
he
r
foo
d
i
n
a
t
leas
t
te
n
minutes
.
Ro
b
had prepare
d
he
r
a
dis
h
t
o
di
e
fo
r
bu
t
sh
e
couldn
’
t
tast
e
it
.
Her mout
h
fel
t
numb
,
a
s
i
f
he
r
tongu
e
wa
s
riddle
d
wit
h
lies
an
d
th
e
guil
t
o
f
wha
t
sh
e
wa
s
keepin
g
fro
m
he
r
husband. “I’
m
i
n
trouble
,
Rob,
”
sh
e
said
,
afrai
d
o
f
lookin
g
into
hi
s
eyes
.

Sh
e
fel
t
hi
m
sti
r
i
n
hi
s
sea
t
an
d
whe
n
sh
e
di
d
loo
k
up a
t
him
,
sh
e
coul
d
tel
l
hi
s
min
d
ha
d
gon
e
int
o
overdrive
.

“
Y
o
u
didn
’
t
–
”

H
e
couldn
’
t
finis
h
hi
s
sentenc
e
an
d
T
es
s
kne
w
exactly wha
t
h
e
wa
s
thinking
.
Sh
e
claspe
d
hi
s
han
d
an
d
squeezed
i
t
tight
.

“O
h
bab
y
,
no
!
Nothin
g
lik
e
that!
”
sh
e
said
.

Sh
e
coul
d
almos
t
fee
l
th
e
adrenalin
e
ru
n
int
o
hi
s
hand an
d
hi
s
breathin
g
wa
s
obviou
s
an
d
unstead
y
.

“Wha
t
.
. .
wha
t
sor
t
o
f
troubl
e
then?
”

T
es
s
too
k
he
r
time
.
N
o
matte
r
ho
w
man
y
time
s
sh
e
had
rehearse
d
i
t
i
n
he
r
head
,
ther
e
wa
s
n
o
wa
y
roun
d
it
.
She
woul
d
jus
t
hav
e
t
o
spi
t
i
t
out
.

“
I
wa
s
arreste
d
las
t
night,
”
sh
e
said
.

Ro
b
laughed
.
I
t
wa
s
mor
e
a
nervou
s
giggl
e
an
d
he pulle
d
awa
y
fro
m
he
r
i
n
disbelief
.

“
Y
o
u
what
?
Arrested
?
Wha
t
o
n
earth?
”

H
e
wa
s
stil
l
gigglin
g
an
d
i
t
irritate
d
T
ess
.
Sh
e
coul
d
feel
he
r
tempe
r
rise
.
Thi
s
wa
s
no
t
th
e
reactio
n
sh
e
ha
d
expected
bu
t
i
t
wa
s
makin
g
he
r
angr
y
.

“It
’
s
n
o
laughin
g
matte
r
,
Rob
!
I
coul
d
los
e
m
y
jo
b
over this!
”