If He Only Knew

were so dilated his eyes looked black. Their eyes met for a moment

dark-haired young woman slid a glance at Cody. He gave a small shake of his head and mouthed that he wanted the check. She smiled and left, probably grateful she was off the hook. Manning was obviously really drunk. And Cody had been too damned preoccupied to notice.

Although, in his defense, it was as if a switch had been flipped. A few minutes ago, the guy had been totally coherent. Now

Chapter 3
Sara looked straight ahead until she got out of the restaurant and into the chilled evening air. She should have known better. Did she think she could get away with going to a restaurant in Buckhead and not seeing someone she knew? She’d have been better off choosing a place out of the phone book. Someplace on the far side of town. Not that it mattered now. From the look on Cody’s

She only wished the opportunity had presented itself in New York and not Atlanta where she knew half the people in the city. Or rather, they knew her.