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“Yes?” She stared up at him, wondering why he was calling her by her first name.
“I don’t like this show of independence.”
What was he talking about?
“I only buckled my seatbelt.”
“Exactly.”
Holy. Moly.
He was delusional. And she wanted him more with every breath that she took.
Reuben got in the car and started it. They pulled out into a busy Manhattan street.
“I’m glad I don’t have to drive in the city. Back home, we only have one set of lights. And that’s because old man Ramsey complained so much about not having time to cross the road that the town council felt obliged to put them in. Unfortunately, he died about a week later and everyone is left with the lights.”
“Well, you don’t need to worry about driving in the city because if you want to go anywhere, Steven or I will take you.”
“While you were away, that worked. But don’t you need Steven to drive you?”
“Rule four.”
Rule four was safety.
“Public transportation isn’t unsafe,” she protested.
“I could find you a number of police incident reports that say otherwise.”
“Daddy.” She gave him a firm look.
“Little Blossom.” He gave her a firm look back.
She sighed. “I’m not going to win this one, am I?”
“I hate to tell you, baby. But you’re not going to ever win any of them.”
Well, not if she had her way.
She was determined that she was going to win some arguments with him. At least she’d gotten him to promise not to pay off her debts.
Take the win.
He pulled into an underground parking lot.
“Where are we?” she asked.
“We’re going to do some shopping for your playroom.”
She bit her lip. They were going to a toy store? Would people think it weird that they didn’t have kids with them?
You could be shopping for kids. No one knows the truth.
True.
Reuben opened her door, making her startle. She hadn’t even noticed him getting out of the car.
“Baby, you okay?”
