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I’ at each other with only the buzzing of the bees in the honeysuckle to fill the space between us I shifteddown the back ofthat hadn’t been brushed in days

“Monroe,” I finally answered

“Monroe,” he repeated, as if he didn’t believe me

I tugged my cami strap back into place

“You have a problem with my name?”

He shook his head, “nope,” and ran his hand across the back of his neck I’m sure he did it because it pushed his chest out

Pushed his chest out and e, but it was kinda hard not to notice when he was so…naked

“I’m just here to do a job” He stood back “Do you knohere the family bones are buried or not?”

I considered lying, but as the point? Gram wouldn’t be impressed, besides, it’s not like I had to stay out there and keep him company The sooner I showed hiet back to the i a nap

“Follow me”

I pushed past him and waited for the door to sla down the front steps and out to the back of the house His supplies were set on the back porch, and I waited for hirab the the stone path that led into the fancy gardens

Gram’s plantation is one of the fanciest in Louisiana A Greek revival, it’s been used in movies a few times, and while I don’t find the house all that iardens There is a maze to the left of the house, one I used to spend a lot of ti a book And beyond it, set back on a small hill surrounded by mature oak trees, is the fah it’s far from the house, and I suppose it isn’t, but by the ti heavy

Which was eood shape—or at least I used to be back before I started taking naps every afternoon and not caring

I turned and felt my cheeks flush when I found his eyes already onto sound as normal as I could, I spoke “What’s your name?”

“Nathan,” he said