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"I have to warn you," Beau says "Declan’s not a great cook"

I si cereal in bed just yesterday"I’ll take that under advise to scare her off," Declan says and slips his ar to do that," I iood at laundry," Eli adds

"That did it" I hs, but Declan catches my arht here in front of his mother, lays a kiss on uess that makes up for the laundry"

"That was fun," I say as we pull away froly easy As rich and inti as the Boudreaux fa and funny

"They liked you," Declan says

"It wash "That place," he says and points to a colorful plantation house, "is Laura Another plantation here in the Bayou, it was one of the first built"

"Are you giving me a tour? In the dark?"

"It’s not my fault that you women can talk for hours on end about shoes," he says defensively

"If I’d knoas going to get a tour, I would have cut it short," I reply

"Well, this will give you a start" He points out different hoinally hoht job, this ht fit you perfectly," I say when he pauses "You know your history"

"A lot of this could be bullshit," he ad you what I’ve heard"

"Isn’t that what most tales are?"

He’s headed back to the freeway now and I turn the"I met Johnny Resznik once," I inform him

"Really? Do tell"

"It was at a Goo Goo Dolls concert I got VIP tickets and got to pose for a photo with hile and shake et to touch hiuy"

I turn in my seat and stare at Declan "You know him?"

"I’ve just met him a couple of times when they recorded in Meht ahead "You know Johnny Resznik"

"I’ve met hi skills"