The First Time I Saw You by Lorhainne Eckhart

Author:Lorhainne Eckhart
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781928085720
Publisher: Lorhainne Eckhart

Chapter 14

Andy actually opened the door for her, just like his son had. Now she knew where the gentlemanly gestures that seemed to be a part of Gabriel came from, except, unlike Gabriel, Andy said very little. At the same time, everything about him was unnerving. Did he like her? Did he hate her? She was uncomfortable with the man whose extremely nice truck she was sitting in.

Andy shoved a key in the ignition, and she rested her hands on the leather of the passenger seat. She couldn’t remember if she’d ever been in a vehicle this nice. He glanced her way only after he’d slid on sunglasses and started the truck, and she didn’t miss how he took in her seatbelt without saying a word, she assumed to make sure she had it on.

“Well, thank you for driving me, but you didn’t have to. I could have walked. It’s a nice walk.”

He made a face, and she thought it was amusement, but he said nothing as he pulled out and looked to her. “Which way?” he asked, and she just lifted her hand and pointed.

“It’s over by the mall, actually just before it.” She pursed her lips and glanced out the passenger window, at a loss for how to make small talk, considering he wasn’t responding to her ridiculous babble anyway. How long would it take to get there? Five to ten minutes—no, maybe eight, depending on how fast he drove. She glanced to the clock and realized he was staring straight ahead, chewing gum, and he seemed so focused and intent on what he was doing. A deep thinker, nothing like Gabriel.

“So where exactly do you work?” He didn’t look her way.

“Moto Auto Parts.” She gestured out the window as if he could see the direction she was pointing, another nervous habit of hers. She finally fisted her hands and pulled them into her lap. She was sitting ramrod straight, feeling gritty and salty and wanting nothing more than to go home and have a bath. Later, after Shaunty was in bed.

“That’s Barry Ogilvie’s place, right?”

Oh no! She wanted to crawl in a hole and bury her head, because knowing Barry would mean Andy would likely hear everything about her, everything about her humiliating scene that day.

“Yeah, one and the same,” she said, feeling the pinch in her jaw as she ground down on it harder than normal. She willed the light they stopped at to turn and get her to the preschool faster, where he could drop her off and hopefully never see her again.

“He’s in kind of a financial bind right now,” Andy said. “I heard he’s barely making it and is only one step from shutting his doors.” The way he said it, she wasn’t sure if it was a question or a statement, and then he glanced her way. “That’s a pretty unstable position for a single mom like you.”

She didn’t have a clue what she was supposed to say to that. “Well, not a lot of options.

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