Chapter 16
“I’m not taking advantage,” Andy felt obliged to say. “At least, I’m not trying to. I just want…I wish things could be simpler.”
“Things are always simple, Andrushka,” Kat said, finishing off her drink. “What they are not is easy. But worth it, I think, most of the time.” She chuckled. “You’ll find I philosophize when I drink. It’s in your best interest to keep me away from vodka.”
“Probably yours, too,” Andy said. “In that all I can afford right now is really cheap and terrible vodka.”
Kat picked through the empty shells, in case she’d missed any of the little mussels. “Ah well. Off to work. There is no rest for the sinners, am I right?” She tossed cash on the bar for the bill—Andy had been right about the cash-rich environment in a tourist town—and offered Andy her arm. 7