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“Your battery cable is loose.” I grab it and affix it to the battery post. “It wasn’t making the circuit. You want to try it again?”
“Hmm?” Her gaze is on my hands.
“Try to start the car?” I stand, and even though she’s on the curb, I still tower over her.
She seems to remember herself and nods. “I’ll try it.” But she doesn’t move. Instead, she stares at me with a directness I rather like.
I stare right back.
She raises her brows and clears her throat.
“Is … is there something I’m missing?” I ask with what I hope is a charming smile.
“You’re in my way.” She waves a hand at me.
“Oh.” I back from between the cars and give her a wide berth, since the space she had before clearly wasn’t enough for her.
With a wary glance, she goes to the driver’s seat, and in only a moment, the car starts up.
I close the hood and walk around to her door.
She closes it. Hard.
I have to stifle a laugh, but I manage it somehow. Leaning down, I knock on her window.
She cracks it. But just a crack. “Yes?”
“Listen, I have wiper fluid up at my place. It’s a bit of a drive, but I’m happy to fill you up, if you’d like.”
“Your place?” she asks, her eyes brightening for a split second before she looks away. When she puts her gaze on me again, it’s closed off like before.
“Yeah. Sorry to be so forward, but it’s not safe for you to drive with such low fluid.”
“You said that.”
I nod. “I did. Anyway, I can text you my address. What’s your phone num–”
“Just tell it to me.”
“Are you sure? If you could just give me your number, I could–”
“I’ll find it.” She smiles, and I get the strangest sense that there’s a deviousness in it. “Just tell me where you live.”
“Sure.” I rattle off my address.
“I’ll meet you there.” She rolls the window up.
I knock again.
She cracks it. “Yes?”
“I didn’t catch your name.”
“Oh.” She purses her lips, and for a moment I wonder if she’s going to refuse to tell me. “It’s Roxanne.”
“Okay, Roxanne. I’ll see you at my place.”
She closes the window and pulls away, almost running over my foot in her haste to get away.
