Shocking Exposé! Secrets Revealed!

by Carol Queen

“Oh! Excuse me!” gasped Abby. “I didn’t see you there.”

“I guess not,” said the woman with a grin. Her sweater was buttoned tightly over curves. “You’re the biggest bibliophile in town.” She said it like it was a kind of tasty fetish.

“Yeah, we’ve seen you in the last three stores,” said the man, who had on cuffed trousers and a vintage rayon shirt with a little tiki face embroidered where another shirt might have a pocket. Abby noticed disconcertedly that his nipples showed through the soft fabric.

“We’re bibliophiles too.” said the woman. “But we’re taking a break and going over to North Beach now. Want to come along?”

Abby blinked. “Are you going to City Lights?”