“Jake admired the way she handled the old vehicle in the curves.“Did your dad teach you to drive? You drive like a man,” he said.“Is that a compliment?” She sounded amused.“Yeah, I guess it was meant to be.” He grinned. “Sorry, that was chauvinistic, wasn’t it?”“A little, but I won’t hold it against you.”Jake’s grin broadened. He liked the way she didn’t stay mad long. She certainly had the right to, after the way he’d acted when she first showed up. She had a way of disarming him, and he wished... he hadn’t acted like a jerk.Skye slowed at a narrow lane. The truck barely squeezed through the opening flanked by raspberry bushes. The lane wound back nearly half a mile through some of the most unkempt foliage Jake had ever seen. The truck bottomed out in several holes, and Skye winced every time the undercarriage scraped the dirt.“You sure she lives back here? I’m surprised she manages to keep a vehicle running.”“She doesn’t. She rides a bicycle. I think she pushes it out to the road from her house.”“She lives alone?”“She does now that her son is dead.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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