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Her eyes widened She turned to face the chest “You know, I can’t I hadn’t thought about that”
“You need one where you can use all the space You couldn’t even find the baby powder if it got pushed to the back on this one”
“You’re right I guess now that I’ in a panic to buy, afraid that tiet it all done”
“We have all day You have more places on your list, don’t you?”
“Yes”
“Then let’s go see what they have Maybe we can find just the right one”
He offered his hand
She looked at it for a ers were soft and cool He closed his around theether and see it overco a piece of furniture to having an eave his a nudge
Together, side by side this time, they walked back to the truck
They visited twofor
“I don’t know about you but I need son for a café and ice-cream parlor
“I aht miss out on my chest”
“Then there’ll be another one”
“Okay,” Phoebe said, but her heart didn’t sound like it was in it
He pulled into a drive much like the one at the first house they had visited As he came to the end of it he found a house with a restaurant attached to the back “Come on We’ll have a sandwich,the paper and the map”
She didn’t argue and had them in her hand when he came around the truck to meet her
Ryan held the door for her to enter the café, then directed her to one of the small square tables in the room Phoebe took a seat in one of the wooden chairs He sat beside her
She looked around the space “I like this It’s my style”
“It does look like your type of decor”
The tables were covered in floral-print cloths The chairs were mismatched, like hers
A young ht them a menu He and Phoebe studied it for a moment
“What’re you going to have?” Ryan laid the menu on the table
“A ham sandwich and lemonade”
“I think I’ll have the same”
The waiter returned and Ryan gave hiain, Ryan said, “Hand me that map, then read out the places you want to visit”
Phoebe did as he asked and he circled the places on the map “Okay, is that it?”
“Yes”
“All right Show me on the map your first and second, then third choice”
Phoebe pointed them out He drew a line froame plan We’ll visit these If we don’t find what you want today, then we’ll try again next weekend or whenever we can Agreed?”
“Agreed”
The waiter brought their meals
“Now let’s eat I’m starved”
She sry”
Her soft chuckle ry for more time with her
Phoebe had always enjoyed junking but never as much as she had today It turned out that Ryan was not only efficient but also a fun person to have around She hadn’t shed as otten what it was like to have a companion or to just appreciate male company
Even so, there see locked up that he wouldn’t or couldn’t share with the world or her
After they had finished their lunch they climbed back into the truck and headed down the road This ti as well It didn’t take the to reach their first stop
“It looks like they have a lot of furniture,” Ryan said as they walked toward a shed
“Maybe they’ll have just the right thing”
A man met them at the shed door but let them wander around and look in peace
Phoebe had been studying a chest She turned to speak to Ryan but found he was in another area, looking at a rocker “What have you found?”
She joined hily ran a hand down the arm of the chair Now that she was closer she could tell it sat lopsided There was a rocker