Never Smile at Strangers by Minar-Jaynes Jennifer

Author:Minar-Jaynes, Jennifer [Minar-Jaynes, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-11-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 36

ONE LIE DIDN’T necessarily beget another. Did it? That’s what Haley asked herself as she stepped into Mac’s truck. It was a question she’d been asking herself for days. It was Mac for Chrissakes. Mac. He would never intentionally do anything to hurt her. No one was perfect. Hell, she, herself, was far from it.

Mac had always been great to her and their relationship was unlike most. It was actually good, unselfish and healthy. Certainly not as passionate as her parents’ had been, but theirs had been rare. An almost fairy tale relationship, something she had dreamt of for herself when she was a little girl. But something she now understood was far from realistic. They had been married for almost twenty years, but never ceased acting like newlyweds. You could see the extent of their love in the way they looked at each other, the way they treated one another, the way they touched. They had the type of connection you could feel when you were in a room with them. And although, Mac didn’t look at her the way her father had always looked at her mother, he was very good to her. And they were comfortable together.

Although, daydreaming about Austin was something she did often, it was only a guilty pleasure. Mac was her man. He was the one who loved and wanted her.

As Mac threw the truck in reverse, she managed a weak smile.

“You’re smiling,” Mac said, sounding surprised.

Haley situated herself in her seat and reached out to touch his neck.

“What’s wrong with smiling?”

He eyed her. “I don’t know,” he said, forming each word slowly, as though he were suspicious. “It’s just been a while I guess. Seeing you smile. But it’s nice. It’s real nice.”

He threw the truck into gear and they headed toward Main Street, to the sno cone stand. Mac had taken the evening off from towing to spend time with her, something he never did, and they had the whole day to spend with each other. Time they hadn’t had in a long while.

“After sno cones, where do you want to go? Your pick. We can drive to Lafayette and catch a movie. Or we can go fishing? Whatever you’re in the mood for. The sky’s the limit today.”

“Mmmm. Let’s see a movie. We haven’t done that in ages.”

“Then a movie, it is,” Mac said, staring out at the road ahead of them.

Haley reached for her purse. She unzipped it and fished for her driver’s license. She’d need it to get into an R-rated show. She accidentally turned the purse at an angle and some loose change tumbled out, disappearing in the tight space between the passenger seat and the gear shift. “Dang,” she muttered.

The truck slowed and Mac killed the ignition. “Stay here,” he said, then hopped out. Haley forced her hand into the space to pick up the change and her fingers brushed against something smooth. She grasped it just as Mac opened the passenger door for her.

Her breath caught in her throat.

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