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Leaning back, Talulah folded her arms. “What kind of license plate did he have on his Audi when he came here?”
Ellen sipped the tea she’d made to go with the cake. She’d poured Talulah a cup, too, but Talulah had refused to have anything with it. She said she did enough taste-testing for quality control and didn’t need more calories. “I didn’t notice,” Ellen said. “I wish I had.”
Talulah left her tea on the table and went into the living room.
“What are you doing?” Ellen called after her.
“Just taking a look outside.”
“It’s nearly ten o’clock,” Ellen said. “You’re not going to be able to see anything.”
Talulah’s voice drifted back to her. “The porch light’s on.”
Ellen took another bite of cake while waiting for her friend to return. “I don’t think he’d come and stand in the porch light.”
“Talking about him coming here at all makes me nervous,” her friend said.
Ellen swallowed another bite of cake. “I shouldn’t have mentioned it. It’s nothing.”
Talulah reappeared in the doorway. “It might not be nothing. Maybe you should come stay with us for a while.”
The man Talulah had dated before marrying Brant had once thrown a rock through her window, so it was little wonder she was taking Jordan’s threats seriously. “That won’t stop him from doing something to my house or one of my vehicles,” Ellen said. “And if he hurts my rig, I won’t be able to work.”
“You’re worried about your rig?”
“Of course. That’s the most valuable thing I own.”
“You’re not going to stay up all night in the barn to defend your equipment...”
“No. I have to get some sleep. I just feel... I should stay close in case I hear something.”
“What would you do if Jordan showed up here?”
“Call the police.”
“Thingscan be replaced,” Talulah argued. “Youcan’t.”
“You don’t believe Jordan’sthatdangerous, do you? I did an internet search on him before I agreed to date him. It’s not like he has a record or anything.”
“First offenders start somewhere. Who can say what might cause him to do something he ordinarily wouldn’t? You’ve wounded his pride, and he’s angry. Just stay with us for a few days—until he has a chance to calm down and start thinking straight.”
“I bet Brant would love that,” Ellen muttered.
“Brant wouldn’t mind one bit. He loves you, and you know it.”
“I’ll be fine,” she insisted. She was actually more worried about the threat Hendrix posed to her peace of mind. “There’s something I haven’t told you,” she said, putting down her fork.
Talulah looked alarmed. “About Jordan? What’d he do? Does it get worse?”
“No. This is about Hendrix.”
Obviously intrigued, Talulah returned to her seat. “Go on...”
“You know I fired Ben this morning...”
“Yes. You were supposed to drill the Haslem well today and couldn’t because of him.”
“Right. I was going to rip out the carpet in the guest bedrooms instead. But I didn’t do that. I was able to proceed with the well, after all.”
