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Chapter Four
“I swear, if you say one word or even show your face, I’m going to—”
“Bury my dead ass in the backyard. Got it,” Bobby said.
Reanna rolled her eyes. “That’s not even funny.” Very tempting, but not funny. She might not have gone to such crime scenes, but she had heard plenty of stories from her buddies on the State Police force. Bobby might aggravate the shit out of her, but she really didn’t want to see any harm come to him. Bobby was harmless, just…dumb.
She had no time for this conversation. Jerry was going to be picking her up any minute, and the last thing she wanted to do was spend the night trying to explain who Bobby was and why the hell he was staying with her. You didn’t need to be a genius to know that wasn’t second-date material.
Still can’t believe I had one date with him, never mind two.
Reanna was stressed enough about Bobby; she didn’t need to be questioning why Jerry wanted to see her again. Probably the same reason why I was hoping to see him. First dates were always interesting but considering it’d been a blind date, it was even more surprising that it worked out.
“Reanna, are you going to stand there staring into space or go meet him outside,” Bobby said.
“What?”
“Your date. He pulled in the driveway.”
Shit!She grabbed her purse and headed to the door. “Don’t forget Bobby,” she warned.
“Damn, why don’t you just say you want me gone?” he said as she was closing the door.
Why don’t you just take the hint?
Reanna caught Jerry as he was opening the driver’s door. “Prompt. I like that,” she said as she headed to the passenger’s side. She slipped inside his Rolls-Royce Phantom. She’d never been in anything so luxurious. The last thing she wanted was to make it so obvious, so instead of looking around, she placed her purse on the floor and gasped. There wasn’t a cement walkway or driveway at her house. It was a combination of crushed stone and plenty of dirt. “I’m so sorry. I should’ve kicked the dirt off my sneakers before getting inside.”
“Don’t worry about it,” Jerry said.
“If you want to wait a minute, I can run and grab my vacuum cleaner and I can fix this.” She opened the door again and was about to get out when she felt Jerry’s hand on hers.
“Reanna, it’s dirt.”
She turned and looked at him and said, “And probably the only dirt in the car.”
He laughed. “Then don’t open the glove box, because I think I have a wrapper from an energy bar I ate earlier.”
“I’m being serious Jerry. This car is—”
“A car and meant to get me from one place to another. That is all,” he said firmly.
Not at this price tag.She wasn’t about to remind him that there were much less expensive modes of transportation. But she couldn’t help herself.
“Then I have this truck that you might like. Runs great. Smells okay. Looks like crap,” she chuckled.
He smiled at her and said, “And it knows how to find the perfect secluded places for lovers to get cozy too.”
She blushed. “I didn’t take you there so we could ‘get cozy’.”
“Romantic place like that, full moon and a starry night, and you wanted to do what then? Watch fireflies?” he joked. When she didn’t reply he said, “I thought not. I’m not from Hope Valley and can’t promise such an evening, but I think you’ll enjoy what I have planned.”
Reanna closed the door. “I’d like to continue this conversation until you give in, but you have me intrigued. Where are we going?”
He started the car and put it in reverse. “You’ll see when we get there.”
“I’m not one who likes surprises,” she said.
“Funny, neither do I.”
