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“It will be fine. We’ll stick to neutral topics and…”
Off in the distance, they heard people walking out into the parking garage and she recognized her grandfather’s voice immediately.
“I’m just relieved my granddaughter didn’t hang around too long,” he was saying. “It would have been extremely awkward to explain who you are.”
“William,” the woman said with a small laugh. “You’re going to have to tell her eventually. It’s not like you can keep me a secret forever. Especially not with…”
The rest of her words were cut off by someone slamming a car door.
“Dammit,” Lily hissed as she moved to the hood of Noah’s car and crouched down.
“Um…what are you doing?” he whispered.
“Didn’t you just hear that conversation? They can’t know I’m here! Open your door so it will block me even more when they drive by.”
“This seems a little…”
“Oh, my God! Can you pleasenotargue with me about everything?” she hissed.
“Fine.” Noah opened his door and slid into the driver’s seat and waited until William’s car left the garage. “The coast is clear. You can…”
She hopped in on the passenger side. “You have to follow them!”
“What?”Groaning, he started the car. “No, I don’t.”
“Noah, please! I just want to see where they’re going! I won’t go in and make a scene, I swear!”
“I am so going to lose my job…”
Resting her hand on his thigh, she told him, “No, you won’t. I won’t let that happen. Now, can we please go?”
He nodded, but she didn’t take her hand off of him.
* * *
Lily Montgomery was seriously going to be the death of him.
And if her hand moved any higher on his thigh, he’d probably die a happy man.
Ugh…I have issues.
And yet, he pulled out of the garage and onto the main road. Luckily it was a one-way street, so they could see where William was heading. There were several cars between them, but he hoped this wasn’t going to turn into an obvious car chase of some sort.
“What’s the plan here?” he asked. “If he pulls into a parking lot and I pull in after him, he’s going to see us. He knows my car.”
No response.
Glancing over at her, he noticed she was just intently staring out the passenger window.
“Hey,” he said softly, resting his hand on top of hers. “Are you okay?”
“Why would he say that?” she whispered miserably. “He was relieved that I left.”
For a moment, he wasn’t sure what to say. “You have to know that whatever’s going on, it has nothing to do with you. And from what she said, it’s only a matter of time until he tells you. You just need to be patient.”
Her only reaction was a snort.
Up ahead, William turned into the parking lot of a local bistro. Noah had eaten there before and the food was amazing, but as hungry as he was, he obviously couldn’t grab lunch here. He kept driving straight and figured he’d pull into the parking lot across the street so Lily could watch for…whatever it was she was hoping to see.
