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“Not sure yet. I think I’ll have a car service pick us up.”
“Nah. I’ll come get you. Give me the details and I’ll be there.”
“Cash, no. You don’t have to do that.”
“Good thing it’s my choice then, huh? Do we need to do anything for the diner? Is there someone who can at least open it? Franky?”
“I texted him this morning and he’s going to open around ten. His fiancée is going to serve customers. We lost a lot of our workers to college starting back up and haven’t had the chance to fill positions yet.”
“I’ll head over there and see what I can do to fill in.”
“Stop, that’s asking too much.”
“You didn’t ask. I offered. Stop telling me what I don’t have to do and let me help you.”
“Cash…”
“This is what we do. We help each other out in time of need.”
“Small town life, huh?”
“Small town life,” I agree.
“I’m so sorry I ditched you last night.”
“Hadley, it’s fine. You had some major shit happening so I get it. I was just worried about you.”
“Still, it was rude of me not to let you know.”
“You can make it up to me later.”
I can hear the smile in her voice when she replies, “Oh, yeah? I’ll have to put my thinking cap on and see if I can come up with some good ways to do that.”
“I’ve got plenty of ideas.”
“Oh, I’m sure you do,” she says, her voice sexy and husky.
Sobering, I ask, “Your parents?”
She snorts a laugh. “Right? In the clink. Who knew? I’ll get more details when I get to the police station, I guess.”
“You’ve had a busy, what, eighteen hours, huh?”
“I’ll say. Oh, we’re pulling into the station parking lot now. I’ll text you later, okay? Promise this time.”
“Take care of what you need to. Let me know what you need from your house. From Dorothy’s, too. I’ll check in at the diner and head to Nashville as soon as you give me the go-ahead.”
“Thank you,” she says quietly. “I… just, thank you.”
“You’re welcome. Take care of yourself, yeah? You eating? Staying hydrated?”
“Not as much as I should but I will.”
“Make sure of it. You’ll need your strength up when you make it up to me.”
She laughs. “Right. Of course for that. Not the taking care of my elderly aunt who just had a heart attack or breaking my parents out of jail and seeing that Brooklyn isn’t a complete basket case because she’s only fifteen and doesn’t know how to handle this?”
I smile. “Exactly.”
