For Money and Love
1Listen, Kate," Tanner Westfall said. "I don't know any other way to say
this. It's just that this is the longest I've ever gone without...well,
you know."
Kate Blessing hooked her long black hair behind her ear and gazed at the
front of her house through the windshield of Tanner's Jeep Grand Cherokee.
They were parked in the circular driveway with the naked lady fountain in
the middle. The glittering green and red Christmas lights strung between
the tall white front columns were anchored by the security cameras. An
evergreen wreath hung from the metal bars that protected the front door.
"I mean, we've been together for more than three months and I have needs,"
Tanner continued.
Kate nodded slowly. It was Christmastime. The season of goodwill and peace
among men. As an extra-special gesture of holiday cheer, Tanner was
breaking up with her.
"You understand, don't you?" Tanner asked.
Kate glanced up through the windshield at the darkening late-afternoon
winter sky. Tiny white particles of ice were falling on the glass, then
gently sliding down and collecting on the windshield wipers. ... read full excerpt from: Mob Princess ebook