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Shelly walked into the kitchen and asked, “Mia, can you come give me a hand? It is getting busy out here.”
Detective Chad Picou saw her as soon as she walked into the room. Her long auburn hair cascaded past her shoulders, almost to the middle of her back. Her outfit clung to her in all the right places, showing every womanly curve of her body. She was more than a woman; she was the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes on. Her rich brown eyes had him intrigued; making his heart beat faster just looking at her.
Seeing her made him feel things he hadn’t felt in a long time. He wondered if she knew just how stunning she was and how she captured the attention of every man she came into contact with.
She was extremely busy and now wasn’t the time to introduce himself. There would be a better time; after all she was his next door neighbor.
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MIA LOOKED AROUND THE store and was surprised at how busy they were at this hour. She needed to make more dough this afternoon since business was increasing.
A man sitting in the back corner table caught her eye. He was a big, rugged looking man with dark brown hair. He looked a little older than her, but it was difficult to tell. She could tell by the color of his weathered skin he worked out in the sun, most likely a shrimper or oil rig worker, possibly both. He had the body of an athlete, broad shoulders and large hands. It felt as if he was staring right through her with his piercing eyes. When he saw her looking his way, he got up and left hastily. That’s odd, maybe he was shy. Something about him looked vaguely familiar to her.
Mia prided herself on her keen awareness of details and her impeccable memory. As one of the top chefs in New Orleans, she learned right away to remember people’s faces and always tried to remember their names. She didn’t like to upset her customers when she couldn’t place their face. There was something familiar about him, but she could not recall where she knew him from.
Normally she would shrug it off, but for reasons she couldn’t fathom, it disturbed her that she couldn’t remember him.