Steele Family Romance Collection by Cami Checketts

Author:Cami Checketts [Checketts, Cami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Birch River Publishing
Published: 2019-08-23T05:00:00+00:00

Lily was jumpy throughout work. Her eyes kept darting to the door, watching for that man. No sign of him inside the restaurant yet. Would he really be waiting for her after work? Had he really followed her last night?

“You okay, girl?” James asked.

She nodded quickly. “I’m better than your steak.” She winked at him.

James threw back his head and laughed. “That is true, but only barely.”

“Because your steak is so fabulous.”

“That’s right. Isn’t your shift over?” James always had to be the one to send her out the door. Normally she loved working the lunch-time shift. She’d ride home to the lake and either go swimming or one of the local farm boys with an old jet boat would offer to take her wakeboarding or skiing. She lived to be in, or on, the water. But today she was apprehensive and uncertain. Maybe that man wouldn’t show up. Why did she want him to? Just because he was handsome didn’t mean he was someone she wanted to date. She’d found that out the hard way.

“Yeah, it’s going to be a sweat dripping down my back ride to the lake today.”

“I can take a break and run you home.”

She shook her head. “Thanks, but I’m fine. You keep prepping for the dinner rush. See you tomorrow.”

“Be careful, girlie.”

Something in his eyes was different than his normal warnings. Did James sense something was out of the ordinary? They hadn’t talked about him interrupting her conversation with Military Boy yesterday. If James didn’t feel good about him, maybe she should ask for a ride home rather than wait for that man. Yet, he obviously knew where she lived. Maybe it was time to pack up and move on. It still felt like summer but she’d noticed the late nights were getting cooler. She should head south, find a little spot in southern Utah or Arizona for the winter. She’d ride her bike home and pack up. She wanted to say goodbye to James, and her buddies Blake and Josh who always took her boating, but that would make it even harder. Next summer she’d come back by here for a visit, but head farther north to stay. Wyoming and Montana were calling to her.

“I will.” She smiled at him and waved goodbye, savoring the concerned look in his eyes, wishing she could thank him for his friendship. It was interesting that so many people she’d met in her travels seemed to truly care for her when her parents never had.

She hoped she was overreacting today. Maybe the man wouldn’t even appear. Maybe that feeling she’d gotten the first time that she saw him, that he knew her, or the creepiness of him driving around her lake last night were just odd coincidences. Maybe she’d be back tomorrow teasing with James with no worries. But maybe not.

Sauntering out through the restaurant, she said goodbye to a few other employees and some regulars who were lingering over a late lunch. It was hard to think of not coming back here.

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