Front Range Cowboys (5 Book Box Set) by Evie Nichole

Author:Evie Nichole [Nichole, Evie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Riding in Cisco’s car was even more intimidating than riding in his truck had been. Or maybe it was the situation. Who knew? Melody couldn’t even be sure her entire range of crazy emotions wasn’t caused by the weird visit she’d had from Cisco’s “girlfriend.” Surely anyone would have the right to be totally weirded out by a woman coming into their place of business with the sole purpose of ordering them away from a friend—uh huh, yeah, friend.

Maybe that was the other reason that riding in Cisco’s car was such a big deal. It certainly wasn’t anything negative about him. The man was a freaking saint! He had helped her drag her idiotic friend back into Allie’s apartment. Then Cisco had very nicely reminded her—without being a know-it-all—that Melody being an enabler wasn’t going to help Allie’s situation at all. Now Cisco was parking in front of a little corner deli a few blocks away from her apartment building.

“I’ve actually eaten here a time or two when I was visiting an old college friend who worked at a pro bono legal aid office around the corner while we were still in grad school.” Cisco smiled as he turned off the car and prepared to get out.

Melody didn’t know what to say. It was hard to imagine him in anything but the fanciest of circumstances. But maybe that was just how she saw him. “So, this is slumming for you, huh?”

“Slumming? That’s a bit harsh, don’t you think?” Cisco made a face as he exited the vehicle. “This is Denver, not Philadelphia or Boston.”

“I suppose.” Melody got out of the car and tried to close the door without slamming it. She didn’t want to hurt his car. “I’ve never been to any other cities. In fact, the farthest I’ve ever been from Denver is Colorado Springs.”

“School trip?” He raised an eyebrow.

“How did you know that?” She allowed him to hold the front door open for her.

He smiled as she walked past and winked at her. The silly little action sent a riot of chills down her spine. He affected her so much! It was insane.

“It was a guess. I think everyone went down to the Springs to see Garden of the Gods and the very old part of town while we were learning about state history.” He laughed. “I seem to remember that trip being very boring.”

“I didn’t think it was boring,” she protested. “It was way better than never seeing anywhere else at all!”

They chose a corner table and sat down. A waitress bustled up. She was an older woman wearing the standard uniform and hideously serviceable shoes. She smiled at them as she took their orders, but Melody could see the exhaustion behind her pale blue eyes. That was one of Melody’s worst fears. That she would somehow turn into this woman the older she got. The woman wasn’t wearing a wedding band. She didn’t look as though she had anything very positive in her life, and sometimes Melody feared that she would end up just like this.

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