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“I’m not a music history buff, but I don’t think Tom Petty was around—professionally—in the sixties.”
“No, he didn’t hit until…” With a frown, Trey trailed off. “Now, why didn’t that come home to me before?”
“Twelve-year-old hormones.” Impossible, Sonya admitted, to ignore the fact that the man who currently had her hormones humming had once crushed on her biological grandmother.
In spirit, she supposed.
“She kept up, somehow.”
“Must have. Collin liked music. You saw his vinyl collection.”
And with a second lightning bolt, Sonya raised a hand. “Trey, maybe she’s the DJ.”
“Having that same thought.”
On the counter, Sonya’s phone played ABBA’s “That’s Me.”
“Holy crap.” She grabbed her wine, took a gulp. “Give me a second, because this is good. Unsettling for a minute, but good.”
“That’s your biological grandmother.”
“Okay, back to unsettling. But it’s good. We have an identity, and that has to be positive. I’m not calling her Grandma. I mean, when you think about it one way, she’s younger than I am. I wonder if Collin ever met… his mother.”
“I don’t think he ever mentioned that to my father. I didn’t tell my dad or Collin. I told Owen, because hot babe.”
“Is it odd that I’m going to feel easier knowing who she is?”
“I think it would be odd if you didn’t. She isn’t trying to scare you. She wasn’t trying to scare me. She was, and is, making a connection.”
“She died here.” And it hurt Sonya’s heart to think of it. “She had to be afraid, in pain, but she plays music for me. I got a chance to bid on a major account today, and she played happy music for me.”
“What major account?”
“Oh.” Distracted, she pushed a hand at her hair. “Do you know Ryder Sports?”
“Sure. Based in Boston. I’ve bought plenty of their stuff online.”
She smiled. “What did you think of their website?”
“Sucks you in, easy to navigate. Your work?”
“I headed the team that designed it. They’re expanding, putting a store in Portland, and want to update. I’m going to be competing for the job against my old company. Which is… let’s go back tounsettling.”
“Not for long.” He said it so matter-of-factly, he gave her a boost she hadn’t known she needed. “You’re confident in your work for a reason.”
“They’re a strong, innovative company. But I’ve got the chance, and I’m taking it. And as you’re a client, I’ll say this in no way means I won’t give your firm exactly what it needs and wants.”
“Never doubted it. And speaking of clients, I’ve got a little work to do for the one I saw before I got here.”
“We’ve still got pizza.”
“No breakfast tops the breakfast of cold pizza.”
“On that we agree. We’ll split it.”
Chapter Nineteen
It would help, Sonya thought as she took two slices for a plate, if she didn’t like him so much. His looks, his manner, that easy way. She wasn’t a puddle of hormones, but she could definitely feel them pulsing whenever he came around.
