Page 388 of Safe With You

“She kept calling back.”

“I like her already.”

“You haven’t met her.”

“Doesn’t matter.”

I shook my head, but I was smiling when I made the next turn.

I pulled into the driveway a few minutes later.

The house was brick with dark shutters and a flower bed running beneath the front windows. I recognized it from the address Mrs. Harris gave me, but before I could check the number again, the front door opened.

“There she go,” I said.

Luna looked over. “She was waiting?”

“Apparently.”

Mrs. Harris stepped onto the porch as I parked.

“You weren’t lying.”

“I told you.”

“She really was waiting.”

I cut the engine and reached behind my seat for the box.

Luna grabbed her bag.

“You coming in?”

She looked at me. “I thought that was established when I left your house.”

I laughed. “Come on.”

By the time we made it up the walkway, Mrs. Harris was holding the door open.

“Right on time.”

“Three o’clock,” I told her.

“I know. I’ve been watching out the window since two forty-five.”

Luna laughed beside me.

Mrs. Harris looked at her for the first time.

“Well, hello.”

“Hi.”

“This is Luna,” I said. “My girlfriend.”

“Nice to meet you.”

“You too.”