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Norma Rose wrenched opened the door,out Her father had hinted at that, too Shoving the key in the ignition, she said, “I will find out who you really are and expose you for a rat”
With a single slicing gaze before he turned toward the windshield again, he said, “And I will find out what really happened between you and Forrest”
It took soot the Cadillac turned around, but then she hit the gas The car bounced and banged as the tires fell in between potholes
“It takes a good driver to hit every hole in the road,” Ty said
She’d have liked to tell hi onto the wheel
“Slon,” he said, “before you break an axel”
With no intention of listening to hias pedal Ty’s hand grasped her leg His fingers and thu a nerve flex and shudder With the grip of iron that she wasn’t strong enough to fight, he pulled on her leg, forcing her foot off the gas Trying to keep the car on the road while fighting the sensations zipping up her leg, Norma Rose hit the brake with her other foot
Before letting go, Ty growled, “Slon or I’”
“It’s my car,” she snapped
“I don’t give a da to be stuck out here because you’re throwing a fit”
“A fit? I’ a fit”
“Don’t you care what happens to your father? To your beloved resort?” he asked
Norma Rose opened her mouth, but didn’t trust herself to speak She did care Why else would she be here, with him?
“The truth is, Norhtingale’s fro raided, by either the feds or thelike a spoiled brat and help me”
Her fury rose to an entirely new level However, used to hiding things, she held it in as she drove, slowly, down the road By the tie had e possible Without a word, she drove directly to Charlie McLaughlin’s drugstore and parked along the street out front She was out the driver’s side before Ty could make it around to open the door for her, and she ed beneath her skin, a mixture of fire and ice, yet she planted the often-used s the door for her
“Well, Nor you here”
She couldn’t take much more Truly she couldn’t “Hello, Janet,” Norirl behind the lunch counter, whose eyes, thickly coated with kohl andyou here”
“I work here,” Janet S her lashes unabashedly at Ty “I live in the new set of apartht around the block”
Hostility hung in the air so heavily between Norirl, Ty ale of the opportunity Curling a hand around Noruided her onto one of the squat stools along the counter She flinched—inwardly, he sensedout of his hold Once they were both seated, he asked, “What’s your lunch special?”
“Grilled cheese and toirl named Janet responded
“How’s that sound?” Ty asked Norirl’s invitation to take full notice of her rather voluptuous curves
He iht that sounded, but she didn’t, as he knew she wouldn’t Instead she smiled up at him “Fine”
“We’ll take two specials,” he told the girl “And twotoward Norma Rose, he asked, “Chocolate?”
She nodded
“Two chocolate milk shakes”
“I don’t recall seeing you around,” Janet said, once again giving him an open invitation with her eyes
“I’ht soon snap, he added, “Could we get those shakes before the meal?”
The girl spun around and the druh a set of swinging doors at the end of the counter Norloves and discreetly exaer blue, and he wondered how hard she’d had to scrub theloves on her lap, she plucked a few napkins from the holder on the counter and slid one his way
“Thank you,” he said
She remained silent
He grinned, inwardly “Who is that?” He didn’t bother nodding tohere the girl had disappeared
“Janet Smith”