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“But you didn’t go back to South Carolina,” I point out, and he nods.
“There wasn’t anything there for me. I always wanted to see the mountains so I came here.”
I nod, and he nudges me with his knee.
“Why did you move here?”
“It was cheap,” I say, and he nods, urging me to go on.
I’m not sure how much I want to tell him, but after he opened up, it only seems fair.
“I wanted to get away from my mom,” I admit. “She’s not… she’s not the best. I’m actually not sure that there’s a maternal bone in her body.”
“I’m sorry,” he says quietly, and I shrug.
“It’s fine. I’m away from her now. I don’t have to deal with her anymore.”
He frowns but luckily for me, our food is dropped off, and I change the subject. We both dig in, but I can feel Hunter watching me, and I know that he wants to ask me more.
I just pray that he lets it go. At least for right now.
SEVEN
Hunter
Grier has seemed freerand more open with me ever since we left the salon this afternoon, which made me relax. I’ve been teasing her, being with her the way I dreamed. I don’t even think now before I reach over to hold her hand or brush some hair away from her face. She’s stopped swiping those claws at me and is letting me pet and carry her whenever I want.
This is everything that I wanted.
I hold her hand as I steer us into the drive-in movie theater and over to a spot in the back aisle.
“Have you ever been here?” I ask her as I shift into park.
“No, I didn’t even know these still existed. I’d only ever seen them in old movies,” she says as she looks around with excited eyes. “Have you been to one before?”
“Yeah, we used to go at least once a month when I was a kid. They only played old movies, and my dad and gramps loved it. I’d sit in the back, and I remember falling asleep back there more often than not.”
Grier giggles, pushing the passenger seat back as she gets settled.
“Do you want something to eat?” I ask her, nodding over to the little concession stand.
“I’m pretty full,” she says with a sigh, and I grin.
“We can’t watch a movie without popcorn,” I tell her as I push open the truck door.
Grier does the same, and I hurry to help her out. I take her hand as we walk along the path over to the concession stand. It’s getting a little cold out now that the sun has set, and I bundle Grier closer to my side as we wait in the short line to order.
“Want something to drink?” I ask her, and I see her eyes light up when she sees the Icee machine.
She’s so fucking cute.
I’m getting the feeling that she hasn’t had a lot of carefree days like this in her life, and I aim to fix that.
I order us a large tub of popcorn, one of each of the boxes of candy, and two Coke Icees. Grier can’t stop smiling as we carry it all back over to my truck, and I feel a sense of pride that I could make her so happy.
“Let me get the door for you,” I say, putting the food in my arms down on the hood before I open the passenger side door and help her in.
The movie hasn’t started yet, but we still dig into the candy.
