“Where are you going?”
“To get the fun. I’m going to bring it right to you.”
“I’m intrigued.”
“I know,” he said dramatically. “Be ready when I get back!”
Snow swirled through the door when he opened it and went out. I finished up the coffee in my cup, sat it in the sink, and then went to layer up. I had no idea what he was up to, but I really wanted to find out.
By the time I got dressed and was pulling on my coat and gloves, I heard something outside. I went to the door and peaked out the little window beside it. Our “fun” was parked right outside.
I stepped back just as Dex flung open the door, his cheeks pink from the cold.
“Let’s go!” Keys were in his hand.
“Thatis your idea of fun?” I asked dubiously.
He nodded, not noticing the doubt in my voice. “Come on, get out here!” he said and then disappeared through the door.
I sighed. There was no doubt in my mind that I liked Dex—was falling for him even. But this. I wasn’t so sure about this.
Even still, I went warily outside.
Chapter Thirty-Nine
“Hypothermia - An abnormally low body temperature, often caused by prolonged exposure to cold.”
Dex
“Are you sure you should be driving?” Piper asked warily, staring between me and the keys in my hand.
“I’m fine. I didn’t have a concussion and I don’t even have a headache anymore.”
She looked at the snow mobile I’d rented and frowned. “I don’t know about this.”
I sighed. “Didn’t we come here to have fun?”
Somewhere between Charming showing up and my vow to finish this job, I forgot the reason I made the deal in the first place.
Yes, for money.
But it wasn’t the actual money itself. In fact, hadn’t I just realized last night that I really didn’t care about the money at all? But I still cared about what the money would bring me. More experiences, a better life—that’s what I really wanted. I wanted to have fun and do stuff I never got to do because I was too busy surviving.
So I rented a snowmobile.
Sure, this was probably a good way to kill my Target, but couldn’t we have some fun first?
“I’ve never been on a snowmobile before,” Piper said.
I could see her warming to the idea. I’d never been on one either, but admitting that probably wouldn’t inspire confidence in my driving so I kept my mouth shut.
I handed her a pair of goggles and then strapped a pair over my glasses. I didn’t waste time but climbed onto the machine and turned toward her.
“Well? Are you coming?”
“Fine. Just don’t kill us.”
I pretended not to hear her.
