A Wife In Time

“There’s one two blocks away,” J.P. said. “Turn right once you get outside. You can’t miss it.”

“Thank you.” With a nod, he returned Susannah’s jewelry to her before taking her arm and gallantly escorting her out of the tavern.

Once outside, she gratefully inhaled the fresh air. Turning to face him, she said, “Fits? I’m prone to fits?”

“I had to tell them something.”

“You didn’t have to kiss me!”

“Yes, I did. They were getting suspicious. I had to distract them.”

“Yes, well...” She floundered, the truth being he’d distracted her and how! “You’re just lucky things worked out as well as they did.”

“Luck had nothing to do with it,” he replied, stashing the remainder of the nineteenth-century money in his inside coat pocket before taking her arm and setting off at a brisk pace.

“Are you saying you cheated?” Susannah demanded, struggling to keep up.

“Of course not.”

“Then what did you mean?”

“That I’m an experienced poker player.”

“Sure, you are. And that was why you were losing?”

“Exactly. I was baiting the hook and they snapped.” Seeing her look of disbelief, he added, “Look, I’ve had a lot of experience testing software and one of the programs I designed a number of years back turned out to be the bestselling poker program on the market today. So trust me when I say that I knew what I was doing back there, okay?”

“No, it’s not okay!” Susannah couldn’t help herself. She socked him on the arm.

“Ow! What was that for?”

“For scaring me to death and not warning me what you were up to ahead of time!”

“And have you spill the beans by the look on your face? No way. Instead everything worked out just as I’d planned. You looked panic-stricken and that certainly helped our cause.”

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