Bet Me
Chapter One
Once upon a time, Minerva Dobbs thought as she stood in the middle of a
loud yuppie bar, the world was full of good men. She looked into the
handsome face of the man she'd planned on as a date to her sister's
wedding and thought, Those days are gone.
"This relationship is not working for me," David said.
I could shove this swizzle stick through his heart, Min thought. She
wouldn't do it, of course. The stick was plastic and not nearly pointed
enough on the end. Also people didn't do things like that in Southern
Ohio. A sawed-off shotgun, that was the ticket.
"And we both know why," David went on. He probably didn't even know he was
mad; he probably thought he was being calm and adult. At least I know I'm
furious, Min thought. She let her anger settle around her, and it made her
warm all over, which was more than David had ever done.
Across the room, somebody at the big roulette-wheel shaped bar rang a
bell. Another point against David: He was dumping her in a theme bar. The
Long Shot. The name alone should have tipped her off.
"I'm sorry, Min," David said, clearly not.
Min crossed her arms over her gray-checked suit jacket so she couldn't
smack him. "This is because I won't go home wi ... read full excerpt from Bet Me ebook
