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She forced Mat to stop at a highway K mart and emerged with a couple of handheld games, as well as some books and magazines to distract the teenager.
“The Hobbit?” Lucy tossed it aside seconds after Nealy handed it to her. “That’s a kid’s book.”
“I’m sorry, honey,” Nealy replied with fake sympathy, “but Ulysses was out of stock.”
Since Lucy had no idea what Nealy was talking about, she could only shoot her a dirty look. A few minutes later, she flopped down on the double bed in the back with the offending book, and Nealy didn’t hear another word from her for the rest of the afternoon. With Button sound asleep in her car seat and the teenager occupied in the rear, Nealy leaned back to enjoy the scenery.
“I’m real sorry you missed your picnic,” Mat said.
“You’re not sorry at all.” She smiled. “And the weather looks like it’s clearing, so we can have a dinner picnic.”
“I can’t wait.”
“You’re so cynical about everything. Why is that?”
“It goes with my job.”
“I didn’t know cynicism was an occupational hazard for steelworkers.”
His eyes flickered oddly. “It comes and goes.” And then he smiled. “I enjoyed last night.”
She suddenly felt as awkward as a teenager. “I didn’t. You were completely out of line with that pillow.”
“You’ve got to admit you’re happier not wearing it.”
“You also leaped to all kinds of erroneous conclusions about my marriage. Not only that, you’re—”
A great kisser?”
She repressed a smile. “You’re all right, I suppose.”
He sighed. “I guess our styles just don’t match.”
“That’s true.”
“I like big, aggressive, man-sized kisses . . . the kind that make your toes curl. You, on the other hand, like wimpy, girly kisses that wouldn’t curl a hair ribbon.”
“Girly kisses?”
“Yeah, the kind of kisses little girls give to uncles who smoke cigars.”
“Trust me. I would never kiss an uncle the way I kissed you last night!”
“Prissy kisses.”
“Prissy!” She was beginning to get annoyed. “I don’t have a prissy bone in my body.”
“You bought white underwear.”
“Only because I wanted to irritate you. If you hadn’t been there, I would have chosen something more exotic.”
“Like what?”
“Like none of your business.”
“No, I’m serious. This is an important question. The kind of underwear a woman buys reflects her character.”
“I can’t wait to hear this.”
