Page 19 of Tank’s Weakness

I nod to her, and she turns back toward her car and continues walking.

I sit back down on the bench and watch her drive away.

Now we wait. Something I’ve never been good at, but things like this you can’t rush.

Delaney has to decide for herself if she wants to try this or not.

I just hope she decides to do it with me.

CHAPTER FIVE

Delaney

With the wine glasses filled, I pick them up and take them into the living room.

“Thank you,” Erica says as I hand her the glass.

“You’re welcome,” I tell her as I sit down on the other side of the couch.

We turn toward each other, tucking our legs underneath us as we get comfortable. Music plays softly in the background, just to fill the noise.

She sighs after she takes a drink. “I love a good red.”

Laughing softly, I shake my head. “Tell me something I don’t know.”

“How was work this week?” she asks, changing the subject.

“Good. Glad it’s over. You?”

She groans. “I had to stop myself from quitting like three times, but it’s the weekend, and that’s all that matters.”

Erica loves her job but doesn’t love her boss. Time will tell how it plays out. He’s going to step out of line one day, and she’s going to lose it.

“Enough about me, though. You’ve been quiet since we got dinner. What’s up?” she asks, resting her head in her hand on the back of the couch.

For a moment, I contemplate how much to tell her.

Do I tell her that she’s right about Blaine and he is becoming a problem? Do I tell her about Tank?

“Spit it out, Delaney Grace,” she says after a beat.

Screw it.

“So after we left the other night, I ran into Blaine, which caused me to do something crazy.” I wince.

Her eyes narrow. “What kind of crazy? Surely if you murdered him, you would have called me before now to help you hide the body.”

I roll my eyes. “Always so dramatic.”

“Don’t get sidetracked, tell me.”

“Well, I saw this big biker-looking guy. I went right up to him and asked him to kiss me, and he did.”

“You did what? You texted me that you had gotten to your car. You lied?”

“Well…”

I fill her in on the rest of the details.