He told me to stop killing people if I want him to come back.”“So everyone wins,” I dared to say.“Yes.” Then, more unexpected, unnatural vulnerability: “I’m so sorry all the same.”“It’s okay, Victoria.” I touched her shoulder in understanding. The questions now are when and where.”“But the answers…” Grimace-grimace. Gay sex I had made it out of her bad books.Driving my Audi Q5 to downtown Little Lakes, I replayed the moment Tanner had said, “I see now how badly I hurt you, and I want to make things right between us.”His words made it a good morning. “What about tonight?”“Tonight sounds perfect.”“At my house, since we aren’t strangers anymore?”“At your house, since we aren’t strangers anymore.”It didn’t get more perfect than that.“In the meantime”—I returned to my roll—“we shouldn’t let the food you bought for us go to waste.”“Mm-hmm. Guys like you aren’t exactly a dime a dozen.”I could say the same about him. I opened myself even wider for him. Something solid enough to make her think you could never be interested in her son.”That was so clever, I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her on the mouth.She wiped my kiss away with her sleeve, pretending to be grossed out.I didn’t care—she had the brain of a hero.“I’ll hire someone
