12 Bliss Street (29 page)

“You would have to move here, you know,” she said to Lou. “You can’t commute from New Jersey just for dinner.”

He took her in his arms. “Well, it looks like we’re working in that direction anyway,” he said.

“Yes, it does.”

“I’m here a lot.”

“Every weekend at least.”

“And your new place will be big enough now.”

“Two people and a dog,” Nicola said. “We can definitely do that.”

“Besides, I like California.”

“You do?”

Lou kissed her forehead. “The food is very, very good,” he said.

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BLISS STREET
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Conway, Martha.

     12 Bliss Street / Martha Conway.—1st ed.

          p. cm.

     ISBN 0-312-31543-0

     1. San Francisco (Calif.)—Fiction. 2. Kidnapping victims—Fiction. I. Title: Twelve Bliss Street. II. Title.

PS3603.O67A613 2003

813'.6—dc21

2002191954

First Edition: June 2003

eISBN 9781466835481

First eBook edition: December 2012