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“Hi, Todd, what's up?” Joshua’s face turns dark at the mention of another man’s name. His fists begin to ball up and I can see him getting that possessive look in his eye, like he used to when we were in school. It shouldn’t make me ache for him, but it does. Hell, I should be immune to him by now.
“Juniper is not in class, and I was worried. Is everything alright or are you running late?” I turn my back to Josh. My life is none of his business.
“No. I forgot we are going out of town. I’m sorry.”
“Oh. How long are you going to be gone?” I can hear the disappointment in his voice, and I tell myself as soon as we come home, I am going to finally say yes to his date.
“About six weeks.”
“Wow. That is a long time.”
“Yeah. Tell me about it.”
“Well we are certainly going to miss both of you around here.”
“Junie is going to miss you too.” She loves that class, and Todd is her favorite.
“Alright, well, call me if you need anything.” Suddenly, I hear growling behind me. Before I can turn around I hear Joshua.
“She is not going to need anything from you.” Holy shit, that was hot. My panties are literally on fire right now, but I am also pissed he was listening to my conversation.
“Who was that?”
“No one. Listen, we have to go. Talk to you later.” I hang up fast and spin around with my hand on my hip. “Are you serious? What were you doing listening to my phone call? That had nothing to do with you.” He gets right in my face, so close I could pucker my lips and kiss him.
“Everything about you is my business. Now, if we are going to get going, we should put everything in your truck.” Just then, Junie chooses to come back outside right now. Could this get any worse?
CHAPTER FOUR
JOSHUA
“I have everything, Mommy,” the little girl says, causing March to turn away first and me to smirk. I never lose a staring contest.
“Run on out to the and buckle yourself into your booster seat. I’ll be right there.”
I step out of the way, but not entirely off of the porch. I just found her; there’s no way in hell I’m going to let her out of my sight ever again.
I grab my singular bag from my rental car and put it in the truck along with her things. I didn’t plan on being gone long, but plans change. I open the driver-side door for her, and if looks could kill, I’d be dead. What the hell did I do?
“No, really. What the hell are you doing?” March asks me.
“Oooh, you said a cuss word, Mommy.” Silence fills the air for long minutes. Then laughter. Both March and I burst out laughing. Damn, this kid is hilarious. Her delivery was amazing.
“I did, baby. I’m sorry. When we get home, I’ll put a dollar in the swear jar. Seatbelt, now.” She closes the back seat door, leaving us outside the car. “Now, as for you, what are you doing?” she asks, crossing her arms over her ample chest.
“I said I was coming with you, and you, of all people, know that I do exactly what I say that I’m going to do. I’m not leaving until I get some answers. You owe me an explanation.”
“I really don’t owe you anything.”
“You really do. Get in the truck, March.” She looks at me and then into the back window at her daughter.
“Fine. Whatever.” She rolls her eyes and gets in the truck. I move around the hood and get into the passenger seat. I buckle my seatbelt.
We pull out onto the street and on the interstate. I look back at the little girl, who smiles and waves at me.
“Mommy? Who is this?” she asks. March doesn’t say anything at all. I shake my head. She’s not going to answer her, so I do.
“I’m Josh. What’s your name?”
