Chapter 59: VICTORIA-LYN

I wanted to stop when I felt him tense and his body became like stone, but he was right, I needed to get it out. Now that I was saying the words out loud none of it made any sense.

Carson had been after me for a while, asking me out on dates flirting, the usual. I never paid it more than the cursory notice because it was a regular occurrence; men were always hitting on me.

This morning when I'd seen him at the diner even before opening I hadn't really thought much of it. I figured he was in a rush and needed his first cup of the day.

I'd been about to tell him that it was gonna be a while before that could happen since I had to set up first, but before I could get the words out he'd started in.

I didn't know until now that he was asking me about Ty and my relationship with him, how could I? There was no relationship. But now it all made sense, the reference to the mangy dog that I preferred over him. Asking me where I'd been the night before.

How