Chapter 29

Goodness, how wise she was to have come by herself, Fury thought, the second Flint opened the Blue Chamber door. Just look at him, expecting Susan, not her. Susan who might have melted and told him things--asked him things, at any rate, like had he ever abandoned a woman on Fishside Wharf? And then she would have made all manner of three in her two-and-two together sums.

His lazy grin hardened.

"Welcome to my humble abode, sweetheart. To what do I owe this very great honor?"

Humble? How like him to take a cheap poke, particularly when his humble was costing her a veritable fortune she didn't yet possess and reducing her to pawning the dining room silver to pay for it. At least the rent was paid for another three months. And her fare home. If nothing else. Such a blessing she could paste a smile to her own face. And keep it there. She'd come miles and miles from the Calypso after all.