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Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
mariez:
Hey, everyone -
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on February 09, 2007, 08:18:54 am ---Hello all...
Chapters 36-40, and we start off with some real HAWTNESS in 36...
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--- Quote from: belbbmfan on February 09, 2007, 08:27:05 am ---from real hawtness to real hilarious!
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Thanks, ladies. We really needed hawtess and hilarious after the last stressful chapters!
We meet Tatiana in Chapter 39:
“Hey, look who’s here!” Ennis said, suddenly, setting down his spatula, and around the side of the house came Dupree in his camouflage pants and Army hat, hand in hand with a tall, muscular looking woman with a long braid of black hair as dark as Ellery’s, long features and a deep tan.
“Hi folks. I see we’re the fashionably late ones,” Dupree said, reaching first for Ennis’s hand. “Everybody, this is Tatiana Weeks, a friend a mine from Monterey an parts very far east.”
Ennis nodded, shaking Dupree’s hand. “Ma’am,” he said politely, shaking. Lauren and Simon got up to greet Dupree and his date.
“You were in the Army with Jeremy?” Ellery asked, taking his turn after the others had introduced themselves.
She nodded. “Yes sir,” she said brightly, her voice showing a strong southern twang. “Originally 7th Military Police Brigade.”
“Oh now don’t start that sir business on me… Tatiana is it? That sounds Russian.”
“My Daddy’s side. He liked the old names.” Her eyes flashed a deep brown, but the accent was pure Deep South.
“Welcome to our little impromptu get-together, Tatiana,” Ellery said. “If Dupree hadn’t already told ya, I’m his worst nightmare, Chief Deputy Ellery Cantrell, that there mannin the grille is Ennis Del Mar, and this is Lauren, my newly appointed chief bartender and as of now, my longest term employee at the Red Stallion Men’s club, and his partner, Simon.”
“Charmed,” she said brightly. “An yes, Jeremy did tell me you all are coupled up an all so don’t worry about havin ta spare my feelins. You would be surprised how many girls in the armed forces are lesbians who got ta hide pictures a their girls an burn their letters because a what people might think. I just don’t think that way, an I know Jeremy here don’t either.”
Ennis spoke up then, clearing his throat as though reacting to Tatiana’s speech. “You an … Jeremy… known each other a long time?”
Tatiana laughed, a rich sound. “Oh yeah. Only since I live in Atlanta an he lives out here in the wilds a Wyomin he don’t mention me much, do ya Jeremy?”
“I haven’t talked her into the beauties a my home state,” Dupree said with a modest blush.
“Oh so yer negotiatin is that it?”
Tatiana tilted her head. “I’m still in the Army, see, an tryin ta get a postin somewhere a little closer ta Jeremy, but it ain’t happened yet, so I spend my leaves out here while he shows me all the nice sights.”
Ellery nodded knowingly. “Now everythin makes sense.”
“He told me he started workin as a bouncer at a men’s bar I figured it’d be good fer em ta keep in shape. Without regular workouts a man like him can go right ta fat.”
“Hey, can we talk about something other than my fat?” Dupree said sulkily.
“Sure enough,” Ellery said. “Who wants lemonade, and who wants beer?”
So... Tatiana is muscular and in the military .... hmmm ... who does that remind me of .... oh, yeah --Nick! ;D
Can't help but feel sorry for her, though - especially after this exchange in Chapter 40:
...At a lull between dinner and dessert, she asked Simon about his jewelry and opened a new discussion about his career as a custom jeweler, taking down his address to visit there since she would be in Laramie for a couple of more weeks.
“Are you shopping for something specific, Tatiana?” Simon asked, holding her long, calloused hand as if it were a long-stemmed rose, estimating her ring size.
“Oh, no, not really... always good to keep in mind... you know, fer the future,” she said, giving Dupree a significant look.
Marie
belbbmfan:
chapter 40
“I got gourmet truffles in that box right there, it was Simon’s idea," Lauren said.
“Truffles?” Dupree asked. “Ain’t those... mushrooms or somethin?”
Lauren giggled girlishly. “No, silly, they’re expensive chocolates. Try one, Jeremy.”
Dupree opened the box and lifted one out, and Ennis looked in as well, even though he said “I’ll have some a that three color stuff, Ellery, if yer bringin it out.”
“I’ll have one of these here,” Tatiana said, gently tugging her hand back from Simon.
“Excuse me, my dear,” Simon said, nodding up at Ellery. “I’ll have some of what Ennis is havin. What about you, Pookie?”
Ellery grinned as he turned away to go into the kitchen, and Ennis rose to start cleaning up some of the dirty dishes, bringing them inside to the kitchen. He leaned over Ellery as he went to the refrigerator and whispered, “Don’t you never call me somethin like that in front a other people.”
Ellery turned his head, his lips grazing Ennis’s cheek. “Whaddaya mean, lumpkin?” and Ennis swatted his ass smartly. Ellery shivered. “Oooh, don’t do that unless ya mean business snookems,” he whispered again.
“Ellery....” Ennis growled, and Ellery took the package of ice cream out of the freezer, chuckling as he went back outside.
truffles, yummy!! ;)
Ellery and Ennis: yummier! :laugh:
mariez:
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on February 09, 2007, 04:06:55 pm ---
truffles, yummy!! ;)
Ellery and Ennis: yummier! :laugh:
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Ha ha! I second that, Fabienne!
Marie
MaineWriter:
Hello readers,
today, chapters 41-46...
http://louisev.livejournal.com/85840.html
Ennis set the phone down. “Real hard ta say no ta that girl, but if she saw me she would see I’m banged up, no mistake.”
“Yer egg is hardly even scrambled now,” Ellery said, touching the still-yellow bruise on Ennis’s cheek.
“Yeah but she’s a smart girl, an we ain’t hardly even been alone.”
Ellery barked out a laugh. “You don’t want ta do without again do ya, Ennis? I swear ta god, I think yer tryin ta catch up on all those years ya went without fuckin.”
“Yeah well, maybe I am.” He plucked at Ellery’s tank top playfully. “If you didn’t dress like you was askin for it day an night.”
“I am dressed like a normal man dresses in the heat a summer, boy, now don’t be pullin my clothes off if we’re gonna go down an sweep up glass an clean up the bar.”
MaineWriter:
Chapter 42:
“Sorry about ruinin yer Saturday, Ellery.”
“At least it ain’t 3 a.m., or one a them tender moments you keep worryin about.” He opened the door and Wes stepped in. “Where’s Ennis?”
“Oh he’s... cleanin. You know Ennis.”
“Yeah he’s always cleanin when he’s at the ranch. Come on out boy, lemme see how mended you are!”
Ennis stuck his head out of the laundry room and then came in to the living room, looking sheepish in his cutoffs and t-shirt. “Sorry I ain’t dressed...”
“It’s yer own home, why get dressed for little ol me? Sorry ta be stealin Ellery away, but we got ta strike while the iron is hot an we got the warrant in hand. Maybe a couple a hours a so before we get up to the station fer bookin.”
Ennis nodded. “I’ll just be happy ta have all this shit over.”
“Ain’t no end a shit in law enforcement, Ennis, shit just keeps washin ashore, but we could use a little break in the tide, I agree.”
“See you soon, sweetheart,” Ellery said, and leaned over, slinging an arm around Ennis’s shoulder and kissing him on the mouth. Ennis stiffened momentarily and then relaxed. As Ellery pulled back, smiling at him, Ennis’s eyes flickered over to Wes, who was adjusting his hat, looking slightly away, but he could not detect any visible discomfort in his ruddy features.
“Be careful, boy,” Ennis said, his voice low.
“Sure enough. Let’s ride, Wes.”
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