Persuasive Lips (15 page)

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At
Washington’s
Union
Station,
the
driver
pulled
the
brim
of
his
hat
low,
covering his
eyes
before
he
helped
her
out
onto
t
h
e
shoveled
and
salted
sidewalk.
He
retrieved her luggage from the trunk.

With
her hand still tr
e
mbling, she held out a dollar. “Keep the change.”

He
hesitat
e
d
before
taking
it.
“Thanks.
Would
you
want
for
me
to
carry
the
bags
in, miss?”

“
No
thank
you.”
She
entered
the
grand
do
m
ed
building
by
way
of
a
revolving
door and
zigz
a
gged
thr
o
ugh
the
bustling
crowd.
At
the
Richmond,
Fredericksburg
and Potomac
Railway
counter,
she
joined
the
end
of
the
queue.
Chloe
set
her
luggage
down on
the
polished
marble
floor
and
ran
her
hands
along
the
soft
burgundy
velvet
ropes.
Velvet.
Like
the
choir
robe
I
used
to
wear
at
The
Church
of
the
Good
Shepherd.
Back
in
North Carolina. Where I sho
u
ld’ve sta
y
ed.

* * * * *

Still
outsi
d
e,
the
cabby
removed
his
hat
and
ran
his
fingers
through
his
greasy white
hair.
He
paced
in
front
of
the
train
s
t
ation,
peering
in
the
brightly
lit
windows. Shoving
through
the
revolving
door,
he
made
a
beeli
n
e
to
a
phone
booth.
He
dropped
a nickel
and
spun
the
dial.
“She’s
at
Union
Station
at
the
RF&P
desk.
Shall
I
see
where she’s head
e
d?”

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