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“Did you know that when she was twenty-three she navigated Lava Falls, one of the most difficult whitewater runs in the world?”
“Really?”
She nodded. “Your grandmother is not the shrinking violet you think she is. She’s a badass. Maybe if you stopped looking at her as someone old and frail who needs to be taken care of, you could see that.”
“Why didn’t she ever say anything?”
Nora shook her head. “Maybe it’s because you neverasked. Do you know how she and your grandfather met? Or why we’re going to a ranch in Utah to visit a man she hasn’t seen in sixty years?”
She’d made her point. Now she was just pissing me off. “Do you know who sat by her side every single day after her first pancreas surgery? Or after the cancer came back and she was sick for months during her treatment?”
“I’m not questioning whether you care about your grandmother. I’m saying you need to support her in her choices now, whatever they are.”
I was quiet for a moment. “Why are you doing this?”
“Because you knocked on my door.”
I shook my head. “No. Why are you traveling with a woman three times your age? What’s in it for you?”
Nora’s nostrils flared. “What’sin itfor me? Go screw yourself.”
“People don’t usually do things without there being something in it for them.”
“What are you implying?”
“I’m not implying anything. I’m simply asking why you’re taking this trip.”
Her answer was to growl at me.Literally growl.Right before she slammed the door in my face.
I blinked a few times and then a smile crept up on my face, surprising even me. I probably needed my head examined, but Nora Sutton wassexy as shitwhen she was angry.
CHAPTER 3
Beck
“I REALLY HOPEyou didn’t come down here expecting a repeat of last night,” Nora said.
I took the seat at the bar next to her and shook my head. “Time change is screwing with me.”
She nodded and turned her attention to her wine.
“How was yourwing divethis afternoon?” I asked.
Nora’s brows knitted. “Louise told you we went?”
I shook my head. “I happened to be looking out the window around three this afternoon and saw you two sneaking out to the car. Two minutes later, Gram called to say she hadn’t napped yet, but was going to probably sleep for a few hours. I put two and two together. Plus, I saw the photo you posted on your blog. By the way, that’s the first picture of yourself you’ve posted. Why is that?”
“I didn’t realize it was. But I suppose because the blog is about Louise’s journey.”
“Well, how was your afternoon?”
Nora grinned. “It was incredible. Though you wouldn’t have liked it. You seem to be fun adverse.”
The bartender came over, so I ordered the same whiskey I had last night.
“You don’t like me very much, do you?” I asked.
“Not really. I think you’re arrogant.”
