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I looked up at him. “Promise?”
He made a cross over his heart.
“Then what is she riding?”
“I’ll tell you what…” He smiled. “One day you’re going to know the answer to that question, but today isn’t that day, kid.”
“So then what? Is she your girlfriend now or something?”
“Or something.”
“What does that mean?”
“Why does it matter?”
I shrugged again. “I’m just curious.”
“You, curious? Never,” he sarcastically joked.
This wasn’t the time to make fun. This was serious. I needed to know about my competition.
What if he loves her?
Before I could ask, Julian added, winking, “You’ll always be my number one girl, kid.”
I smiled. He always knew what to say to make me feel better, but I wasn’t naive, knowing he only saw me as a little girl.
Right now.
Christian jumped back into his seat, and for the rest of the drive, I didn’t say anything while they talked about Julian’s new baby.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the car they were speaking about. It was…
Well, it was a piece of crap.
The outside looked like someone scratched off all the paint, the doors and windows were missing, the interior had been removed, the tires were flat, and the front windshield was cracked. You couldn’t see through it. Those were just the obvious things. He hadn’t popped open the hood yet.
I knew a lot about cars because Julian had taught me. Sometimes I’d go with him to the junkyard. I’d seen him work on lots of vehicles, but none of them looked this bad.
“Uh, Julian.” My gaze found his. “I don’t think this car is going to work. I think it died.”
He smiled, I loved seeing him smile. It lit up his eyes.
“All the more reason to bring her back to life.”
“Do you think you’re going to be able to, though? I mean, she looks pretty dead to me.”
“Kid.” He tugged on the end of my pigtail, and for the next eight years, almost nine, he proved his next words to me on a daily basis.
Stating, “I never back down from a challenge.”
Chapter Four
—Autumn—
Now
The absolute nerve of that man.
