’ Jenny promptly blushed, which made everyone laugh. ‘Thanks,’ she said. ‘I guess I’ll take that as a compliment.’ ‘It was meant as one,...�� Steve responded, taking another sip of his beer. ‘But getting back to the movie, I’ll take care of getting a good one. Two, maybe.’ ‘Great!’ Erin smiled, apparently satisfied. Then she was silent. For a few minutes, nobody said anything. They just looked at each other, sipping their drinks, out of topics to talk about for the moment. Finally, Erin stretched. ”“Thank you Brandon.” Veronyka said sweetly.Mike Sassie turned out to be almost the exact opposite from Brandon. He was short, stocky with a wind-burnt, tanned face, and hair cropped close to his scalp. His eyes were dark, and he grunted what could charitably be called a hello when Brandon introduced them.“Go check in, we’ll wait here for you.” Brandon waved, taking a seat at the table Mike was using. He started spreading out some maps as they waited.The Inn had four rooms, only one of which. “I can at least tell him how you died on our next visit to Santa Fe.”Clean man gave a start, and took a quick look around trying to figure out why I was so confident. We were unarmed, as far as he knew, and his quick glance told him there was no else on the street to help us.Suddenly, a shotgun blast sounded from the next street over to our left and everyone was reaching for their guns.My gun had just cleared my holster when I heard Anna fire two shots and saw the fat man at the end of the line. ‘Christmas? With my parents? Really?’ I asked. ‘Are you really sure you want to do that? I’m only staying a few days.’ ‘I know,’ he said. ‘You’ve already met my folks and I’d like to meet yours. And since it’s on the way to Jamaica where I thought we could spend a few more days and ring in the new year …’ I screamed. I jumped in his arms. He spun me around until we both almost fell on the floor. He booked a room at an all-inclusive resort that was just for couples. This was going to be.