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There was only so much my nerves could handle of I-30, 635, and all those other awful death traps of roads.
How Texans got on that every day and didn’t completely lose their minds was beyond me.
“Maybe tomorrow,” I admitted. “But I’m still not sure.”
“Okay,” he said. “If you find that you have some free time, come up to my place. I’ll be here through tomorrow night. Crimson’s working at Circus House this week, training a few new people.”
“Got it,” I said. “I’ll come up if I have time.”
If I was home…
I wouldn’t be leaving her alone. Not even if she begged me.
I’d be staying at her parents’ house if it came down to it, but her getting rid of me wasn’t ever going to happen.
Not when I was already in this deep.
Whatever I’d been worried about before I’d met her when it came to marriage had completely left me.
Any and all thoughts now were about her, and being with her, and talking to her. Just having her in my life.
The thought of never seeing her again was a foreign concept that didn’t compute in my brain.
“Thanks,” Winston said. “I’ll see you later. If you need anything, give me a call.”
Then he was hanging up, and I was once again staring out the window at the Freebirds World Burrito that I’d thought about eating twice now.
A soft sniffle caused me to look over.
What I saw made my heart hurt.
A fresh tear rolled down her cheek from her left eye, as if she was crying in her sleep.
Only, when that blue eye of hers opened, it let me know that she was most certainly awake.
“Thank you for not leaving me,” she whispered.
I curled a sweaty piece of hair behind her ear and said, “You can’t get rid of me even if you tried.”
She smiled sadly, then sat up.
She had sleep lines on her face from her hand and the blanket.
“This was one of mine and Addison’s favorite places to eat,” she said softly, her tears making me want to murder myself. Jesus, if I’d known… “Let’s go eat.”
She was bailing out of the car before I could stop her, and then I was gathering my phone and hers—which had been vibrating off the hook—and walked in behind her.
When I got there, she was already ordering.
She stopped and looked at me when the guy asked if there was anything else.
My lips tipped up, happy that she’d assumed we were paying together, and I ordered my usual.
When I pulled out my wallet from my back pocket, she waved me away. “I have enough points saved up that this’ll all be free.”
My brows rose as she paid using her points, then we grabbed our drinks and walked to the table farthest from the door.
As we sat, I slid the phone across to her.
