The Killer's Kitten
She tucked those fractions of a second into her memory, reined in her triumphant grin, and went back to her steak.
She shouldn't have ordered dessert. She was already full. But he said the crème brûlée here was worth trying—he didn't want any, he just ordered one for her. With a patience no professional killer had any right to possess, he explained: a good crème brûlée's caramelized sugar crust should crack cleanly under the spoon, not shatter into rubble. He handed her the spoon; his knuckle brushed the back of her hand.
Her hand paused for a beat. Then she flipped the spoon over and cracked the caramel shell with its back—a crisp, clean crack, the spoon sinking in half an inch, the shell s
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