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He seemed determined to have a bad opinion of Loki. She knew that most people didn’t understand him. But he was her person.
“Of course he wouldn’t care. Loki is my best friend,” she told him firmly. “And I don’t let anyone talk badly about him.”
Not even the person she’d kissed.
If he couldn’t get along with Loki, then there was no point in moving things forward.
To her surprise, rather than getting angry, he just nodded slowly. “Your loyalty to people you care about is one of the things I like most about you.”
It was?
That was kind of nice.
“So what’s the problem with Loki’s truck?”
“It’s a stick shift,” she said with a sad sigh. “I’ve never been able to drive one that well.” It kind of went beyond that, though.
“You weren’t taught how to drive one?”
“Oh no, I was taught. If you call being yelled at, taught.” She cringed. “Loki has tried to teach me since, but I . . .”
Had panic attacks, flashbacks, clammed up and crunched his brakes, then felt guilty about it afterward. Worrying that she was wrecking his truck.
Uh. It was just a disaster all the way round. But what was she meant to do without a vehicle? She had to get to the fair tomorrow and then to work on Monday.
“I’ll have to try and rent a car for work.” No way could she make that drive in Loki’s truck. Besides, he might be back soon. Although she knew he’d drive her if needed. “I need to talk to Sam and see how long my car will be out of action. Thanks for arranging that, by the way.”
He nodded. “Tow truck driver said there wouldn’t be any charge.”
“Ah no, Loki owns the company. Evan got into a bit of difficulty about six months ago and Loki helped him out.”
“Seems he does that a lot.”
“Umm.” Did he? She guessed he did. “I need to get the cupcakes loaded into his truck.”
God, the last thing she wanted to do was drive to Kiesha’s place. Especially in Loki’s truck. She was exhausted, and if she was honest with herself, she was scared about getting behind the wheel.
“No.”
“Um, no?” she questioned.
“You’re not going anywhere.”
“But the cupcakes have?—”
“I’ll take them to Kiesha’s.”
“Really?” she asked, relief filling her. “But it’s not on your way home.”
“Going to go drop the cupcakes off. Get us some dinner, then come back here.”
“Um. Okay.” She wasn’t entirely sure why he’d want to come back, but the least she owed him was dinner. “But I’m paying for dinner.”
“Yeah, that’s not happening.”
“What do you mean? I’ve got some cash.” Loki always made her keep fifty dollars in her wallet in case of emergencies. Well, to be honest, it was his fifty dollars and if she sometimes spent it, then he replaced it.
Shoot. Would fifty dollars be enough? Great, she’d just offered to pay and likely didn’t have enough cash to cover it.
