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“You’re late, Milloy,” she whispers from her zero gravity chair when I sit beside her.
“Community service took longer than expected,” I say, leaning back.
When I roll my head toward her, she grins without opening her eyes. The salt is good for me; Scottie is better.
Forty-five minutes later, we exit the building together.
“Tell me about your community service.” She retrieves her keys from her bag.
“Can’t. It’s confidential.”
“Pfft.” She heads toward her red truck. “Liar.”
“When’s Koen coming home?”
“Sunday.” She opens the door and turns. “Why? Do you need me to spot you at the gym?”
“Just making conversation.”
She nods slowly, eyeing me with that look of equal parts concern and distrust.
“I think we should go to a comedy club tomorrow night. I found one that starts at 8:30, so we could make it after the store closes.”
She frowns.
“If you need permission, ask Koen. Tell him I promise to stop at second base.”
“You’ve never stopped at second base.” She blows her bangs away from her face. “And I love him, so there’s that little hiccup in your plan.”
Of course, she does. It’s been eight weeks. She loved me in less than two. Scottie’s heart doesn’t know how to do anything but love.
It’s why I’m here.
“I love him, too. He’s not failed me once. Last week, I tried lifting more than I should have, but he swooped in and saved me. It made my skin tingle when his biceps bulged, and he made it look so easy.” I pull my T-shirt away from my chest to fan myself.
Fighting her grin, she shakes her head and glances over my shoulder. “Pick me up at 8:10.”
I feel joy down to my fucking soul. “Goodnight, Scottie Rucker.”
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
I ALWAYS KNEW HE WOULD NEVER STOP BREAKING MY HEART.
Scottie
“Tell me something good,”Koen answers his phone a little before ten with a heavy sigh punctuating his plea.
“Oof! That’s a lot of pressure. Do you believe in God?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, I’ve heard he’s good.”
He sighs. I don’t read into it. Vague sighs are not my specialty.
“Sorry I’m calling so late.”
“I figured you were at the salt room. Do you ever think, ‘What if this salt room thing is a big hoax? A scam’?”
