Your Neighborhood Manager by Tarrah Anders

Author:Tarrah Anders [Anders, Tarrah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780463013106
Amazon: B07WT8LG92
Goodreads: 48062631
Publisher: Tarrah Anders, LLC
Published: 2019-10-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

My palms are sweaty and I’m not sure if I washed my body in the shower or put deodorant on. But I’m standing in front of Carol’s door with a bouquet of flowers from the market and I’m ready to jump out of my skin in nerves.

Until she opens the door and I get a full view of what she’s wearing, and my mouth goes dry.

Her long hair is wavy with the ends cascading over her shoulders. She’s wearing a maroon tank top and a short jean skirt that hugs her delicious curves.

She’s wearing flats, since we’re the same height and I’m grateful for that detail she thought about. She smiles when I hand her the flowers and places them just inside her front door before stepping out onto the porch and threading her arm through the crook of mine.

We look to one another and smile.

“So, where does one go for a night out here in Mercy?” she asks.

“Well, normally folks go to the bar, but since I work there and don’t want to be a chump and take you there, I’m taking you to the diner for dinner and then I thought that we could go for a walk and I can give you an insider tour of Mercy,” I reply.

“That sounds great. I had breakfast at the diner the other day and it was pretty good.”

“Well, get ready to have your mind blown,” I say sarcastically.

We settle into a booth at the diner and make the standard awkward small talk people do during first dates. After dinner, since we are on foot, I take her hand and lead her through the streets of the town. I explain to her how we didn’t have a doctor’s office here in town until this year. I tell her about all the new people who have come to this town, coupled up, and have added to the livelihood of Mercy. We walk up and down streets, I point out houses of folks that I am friends with from the bar and tell the stories, thinking of how interesting it is that each person that worked at The Neighborhood Bar was previously single, and now are in committed relationships.

We stop in front of a park and have a seat on a bench underneath a streetlight.

“So, now that you’ve seen Mercy just a little bit more on your own personal tour, what do you think?” I ask putting my arm around the back of the bench.

She gives my question some thought and then places her hand on my thigh as she responds.

“I think it’s a cute town, and I’m glad that I chose it.”

“Why did you choose Mercy, of all places?” I ask curiously.

“It was still close to the city should I have wanted to visit friends there, but just far enough from the city to get out of the hustle and bustle. I can work from anywhere, so it’s not like I have a need to go into work on a daily basis.

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