“You like to do things in their proper order. I get it.” I felt bold taking the Dr. Pepper and swigging it. In truth, I was pretty inexperienced with guys. A very disappointing high school sweetheart experience was the only notch I had on my bedpost.He took his Dr. Pepper and drank it as well.We f
“Your father must be a good man.” I frowned as his expression turned sad.“I think he was. I never met him. My grandfather drove him to kill himself, which I also found out recently,” he whispered.Oh God. I patted his thigh sympathetically. “I’m sorry.”“Me, too.”We both stared out at the road for
McKenzieEven though it was night, I still looked out the window often to see what there was to see in the moonlight. As we neared Iowa and went into the state itself, all there was to see were farms on flat land.Lots of farms. Lots of flat land.“Scenery’s not going to change,” Will said after a w
McKenzie took it and frowned at the words. “The Vikings won the Superbowl?”“Yes. You know, hell froze over? Get it?” I asked.“Are you a Packers fan?” she accused me.“Sadly, no. Skol!” I smiled.She laughed then handed the hat back to me. “Okay. I’ll wear it. I got to pick yours, after all.”I adj
I nodded. “Yes, that is also a good idea. We can both shop for stuff together. It’s not as though we know each other’s likes and dislikes yet.”McKenzie giggled. “‘As though.’ It’s a gas station. They won’t have caviar.”“Pardon me for having a stuffy education.” I grinned. “Anyway, here we are. We’
WillWe weren’t going to be able to out-run these guys. There wasn’t a snowball’s chance in Hades. Yet, as I put my foot to the floor, damned if the Camry didn’t lurch forward with the force of a muscle car. “What the hell?” I muttered.“I think we’ve got something under the hood that’s not the fact