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“What? No way am I getting into that tuna can.” Ted look at her car in horror. “I won’t fit.”
“The interior is bigger than it looks.”
He looked doubtful.
“Any chance I can drive?”
“None at all,” Mandy said, getting in.
It was a squeeze, but he managed it.
“My knees are resting on my chin.”
“I’ve never had a man in this car.” Mandy backed out.
“Great. Pleased to be your first then,” he muttered.
A reckless little thought slipped into her head that maybe he’d be her first in another area, but she shut it away.
What had come over her?
Chapter 14
Ted made Mandy take him upstairs to look at the apartment after she’d signed the contract and organized to move in at the end of the week.
“You think maybe two days is a bit soon?” Ted said.
“Why?” Buzz appeared, and she bent to scratch behind one ear.
“That dog has a better social life than me.”
“He does, and to answer your question, I don’t have that much to move.”
Mandy let Buzz into her apartment, then dropped to her knees to hug him. The dog’s tail wagged, telling them he was happy with the process.
“I want a dog like him one day.”
“I doubt there is a dog like him,” Ted added, looking around the small space.
“I’ve never known an animal who understands people like him. The other day he was at Mrs. Taft’s visiting because she had a cold,” Mandy said, getting back to her feet.
Ted made the appropriate noise as he wandered through the apartment.
It was small, in fact a quarter of the size of his rooms. But it had fresh paint and the sun streamed in. She’d be safe here, he thought, looking around. One door in and out, and no one could climb up to the windows.
He tested the locks.
“What are you doing?”
“Nothing.” Ted looked down on Main Street.
“I think I’ll put the sofa there and the chair there. Sorry, this is of no interest to you.” Mandy headed to the door.
“You have a really unflattering opinion of my character,” Ted said, standing his ground. “I’m not sure why?”
She turned at the door and looked at him. Today’s outfit was another one of her floral dresses that stopped two inches above her ankles. On her feet were flat sandals, equally as unflattering.
He’d watched her looking at that secondhand furniture; she’d been excited. Signing the rental agreement, her hands were shaking.
