24/7 (27 page)

“Stop looking at the clock.” To help her cause, Luisa pulled off Finn’s glasses and set them on the utilitarian nightstand next to the bed. “You’re on vacation. For real this time, not for the sake of a column. Toss the itinerary out the window. There’s nothing we have to do for the next few hours except enjoy each other’s company. This week, we have all the time in the world.”

“And after that,” Finn said dreamily as Luisa rubbed her sides, “we’ll have the rest of our lives.”

“I like the sound of that.”

Luisa pulled Finn toward her. Before she could lose herself in the woman she had fallen for practically from the moment they met five months ago, she heard a familiar popping sound in the distance.

“Are those fireworks?” Finn asked warily.

“No.” Luisa reluctantly pushed Finn off her and reached for her clothes. “Gunshots.”

Finn’s expression bore a trace of unwanted déjà vu.

“Here we go again.”

Yolanda Wallace is not a professional writer, but she plays one in her spare time. Her love of travel and adventure has helped her pen ten globe-spanning novels, including the Lambda Award–winning
Month of Sundays
. Her short stories have appeared in multiple anthologies including
Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets
and
Women of the Dark Streets
. She and her partner live in beautiful coastal Georgia, where they are parents to three children of the four-legged variety.

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