Secrets of Paris (43 page)

They climbed into the car and Lydie started the engine. She revved it twice. She fastened her seat belt, watched to see that Patrice fastened hers, then shifted into gear. Lydie drove very carefully out of the airport parking lot. At the stop sign she looked both ways. Patrice found a radio station playing a French variety of rock and roll. Then Lydie pulled onto the Périphérique, hit the toggle marked “overdrive,” and drove.

LUANNE RICE is the author of twenty-eight novels, most recently
The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners, The Geometry of Sisters, Last Kiss, Light of the Moon, What Matters Most, The Edge of Winter, Sandcastles, Summer of Roses, Summer’s
Child
, and
Beach Girls
, among many
New York Times
bestsellers. She lives in New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut.

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