Wild for You by Evans Jessie

Author:Evans, Jessie [Evans, Jessie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction
Publisher: Self Taught Ninja Press
Published: 2013-09-19T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

By the time they reached the main road, Nick could tell Melody’s feet were hurting—flip-flops weren’t ideal footwear for a five-mile hike—but she didn’t complain. She was positively upbeat, in fact, and kept assuring him that they would find his car, that it must have been towed by a ranger or something and that as soon as they could get cell service they’d call and straighten this all out.

Nick figured it was more likely that the Midget had been stolen—he’d been coming to that spot for years and never seen a sign of a ranger, but he had seen other people, some of them not the most savory types—but he didn’t share that with Melody. He didn’t want her to feel anxious walking down the deserted road in the near darkness, wondering if there were car thieves cruising through the park.

“I have bars!” Melody shouted, waving her cell phone triumphantly as they passed the entrance to the park and started down the two-lane country road toward town. “I’m going to try Aria first.”

“Wait.” Nick caught her wrist gently. “Then Nash will know we were on a date.”

Melody bit her lip. “Okay, but if I call Mom he’ll find out, too. Mom is incapable of keeping her mouth shut when it comes to boy-girl stuff.”

Nick sighed. “Well, all of my family is out because of the Nash thing, so…”

“Let’s see, Kitty is in Atlanta being forced to visit her mom and half sisters,” Melody said, ticking off options on her fingers. “And my other girlfriends all have tiny babies. Nana is probably awake because she never sleeps anymore, but having Nana drive at night to meet us would be putting the entire town’s life in jeopardy. Plus, she doesn’t approve of me going out with boys unchaperoned.”

“Unchaperoned? Is she under the impression we’re living in the 1800s?” Nick smiled, marveling that he could still be having such a good time when his car had likely been stolen.

“Might as well be,” Melody said, rolling her eyes. “Nana thinks unmarried girls should have a friend or relative with them on all dates, unless the date is in a public place, preferably one where most of Nana’s church cronies like to hang out, like the buffet with the five-dollar seniors’ night. She’s also scandalized that Mason and Lark are living together before they’re married, even though they’re engaged and have a wedding date set and everything.”

Nick grunted, his smile fading as he pulled out his phone. “She’s probably not going to like me, is she?”

Melody made a non-committal noise. “We’ll have you wear long sleeves the first time you meet Nana, make sure she falls in love with you before she sees the tattoos and decides you’ve escaped from prison.”

“Right,” Nick said, not looking forward to meeting Nana at all, but he supposed meeting the family—even the old-fashioned members of a family—was part of having a real relationship. “I’ll call John. If the shop’s not busy, he might be able to come pick us up.

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