We would all be working late into the evenings most days until Easter and so Maggie arranged with Grace that hot meals would be available for the staf... who wanted them after the restaurant closed to the public. It created a nice, almost domestic, atmosphere as we all usually sat down together about seven o’clock and were able to relax and talk freely about the events of the day like a large family. It was a rapidly expanding family as not only had we taken on the new restaurant staff but there. ”“The beach? You live near the beach?”I shook my head. “No. Several hours away, in fact. Here’s my suggestion. I’ll get two rooms at a place in Ocean City. You’ll have your own room. I know you well enough for that.” Marilyn looked relieved at that. “We’ll stay at my folks’ for a few days and then drive to the beach. Take a week or two at the beach and then come back up to New York for the fall.”Marilyn was looking intrigued, so I told her all the positive ideas about meeting my parents and. She drained the last few drops from her final mug and winked at me. ‘Let’s do it,’ she said. We were barely a dozen steps down the street when the storm broke with a loud peal of thunder and the heavens opened. The torrent that burst upon was incredible and, though we ran back to the hotel, we were completely drenched as we arrived. Myna was laughing when we entered the foyer. ‘Forget the beer,’ she said. ‘All that pouring rain is really putting me in the right mood.’ On the ride up in the. Men screamed in frightened panic.Damien climbed out of the SUV and ripped down the broken partition, opening the way into the parking garage. “Let’s go,” he snarled, pulling Britney out of the SUV. The busty thrall held a combat shotgun in hand. Her mother followed her out and then Vickie, a wild gleam in her eye, blood dribbling from a cut on her arm.“Aurora!” snarled Damien.Abigail smiled. Always soft with his women.Exhilaration spilled through Britney Lawson as she raised her combat shotgun.