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I laugh loudly and slap my thigh. She glares at me and then turns back to Rusty with a smile. “I do have to get up early so we should get going.”
He smiles at her and there’s something in his pale green eyes that I don’t fucking like. “How would you like to go out next weekend? There’s a Christmas movie on at the theater. It’s my favorite. That one about the dude with the family coming to visit and everything that went wrong.”
“Oh, I love that one!” she breathes. “I’d love to see it.”
He hands over his phone. “Can you put your phone number in? I’ll call you to iron out the details next week.”
She gives him the number while I gnash my teeth and try not to picture the two of them kissing.
That’s not fucking happening.
CHAPTER5
MISTLETOE
The next morning,Granny catches me before I go out the door to take care of the chickens and horses. “How did it go? Did you get the prize?”
I smile. “Yep! And I got a date!”
Her eyes widen and her crocodile grin should have been a warning but I still almost fall over in shock when she says, “You already agreed to go out with Sebastian? Wow, he’s good. I thought it would be a lot longer before he got a date.”
“I’m not going out with Sebastian! The man that runs the store was a really nice guy and he asked me out.”
Her mouth falls open. “Why would you go out with someone else when you’re in love with Sebastian and you have been forever?”
“I’m not in love with him!” My mouth falls open and I stare at her, surprised.
“You are so!”
“I am not! Is that why you guys volunteered us for this? You thought you could get us fixed up and we’d fall in love?”
“Yes. I mean, no.” She sputters. “You can’t just go out with a stranger! He could be a psycho!”
“You’re the one that told me that I need to get out there and start dating! So I am!”
“But what about Sebastian?” she wails.
“There is not now and there never will be a me and Sebastian so you might as well just give it up.”
“I can’t believe this! What the hell is wrong with this younger generation?” she mutters, stomping out of the house and slamming the door.
Shrugging, I grab some coffee and sip it slowly. My phone rings and I don’t bother looking just pick it up. “Hello?”
“Misty?”
I spray coffee and groan. “I haven’t even had my coffee yet, Sebastian! What the hell do you want?”
“I need your help picking up the second item. Two turtle doves.”
“Seriously? It can’t possibly be as big as that one last night!”
“No. It’s not. But it’s a little unusual.”
“What the hell is it, Sebastian? Spit it out!”
“It’s a mailbox that looks like two turtle doves wrapped around each other.”
My mouth drops open. “You cannot be serious. Where are you finding these things? Is there a site called Weird R Us? All we need is two turtle doves. There must be a million smaller figurines around here. Why are you dragging somebody’s old mailbox here?”
