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able
to make sure Callie doesn’t have to work at the station for the rest of her
life to have a home.”
    “Sure,
Mr. Lewis. We can talk more about it tomorrow if you’d like to meet me for lunch?”
    “Certainly,
Jeremiah. Thanks.”
    Callie took
it as her cue to come out of her room even though she really didn’t want to.
She was afraid to meet Jeremiah’s gaze as she rounded the end of the couch and
came into his view, but she shouldn’t have been. The appreciation shining in
his gaze, as he got to his feet, warmed her soul.
    His jaw
dropped as she wobbled slightly on the four-inch heels. “Well?”
    “Wow.
You look fabulous.”
    “Thanks.”
She smoothed the tight skirt a little around her thighs. “It’s nothing special,
but I wasn’t sure where we were going, so I didn’t know how to dress.”
    “It’s
perfect.” He took her hand and brought it to his mouth to kiss the back of her
fingers.
    Holy hell, I’m in trouble.
    “You
two kids have fun. Be home before midnight.”
    “Dad!”
    Her
father laughed as her face flushed red.
    “I’m
kidding.”
    “Let me
grab my bag. Oh, and my phone.”
    “Sure.”
    She
rushed back into her bedroom to grab a few things. In a hurried thought, she
grabbed two condoms from her nightstand drawer, shoving them into the zippered
pocket of her purse before she headed back out to meet Jeremiah in the living
room. I can hope, can’t I?
    Jeremiah
slid her hand into his as they walked toward the door of her dad’s house and
then out to his truck. Again, she was struck by how the vehicle didn’t suit him
although he was a cowboy to the bone with his Wranglers, western shirt, boots, and
cowboy hat, she thought there had to be more to him than met the eye.
    “What?”
he asked as he opened the door for her.
    “I
always thought you would be more comfortable in a sports car than a truck like
your brothers.”
    He shut
the door on her side before walking around the front to get into the driver’s
side. “You know, one of my dreams is to own a foreign sports car.”
    She
laughed as she turned in the seat to face him. “Why am I not surprised at all. Let me guess. Ferrari.”
    “That’s
one of them, yep.”
    “I can
just see you zipping around the back roads of Bandera in your car.”
    He cranked
the engine of his truck over with a twist of the key. The diesel rumbled to
life, sending a little thrill through her body. She had a thing for engines in
general, but a diesel always ramped her up. Over the
years, her dad had taught her to work on all kinds of cars at the garage. There
wasn’t an engine he couldn’t fix, although with the newer cars, it had become
more and more difficult for him to make any money at the garage. She hoped
things got better soon. Otherwise, they might lose the station.
    “Where
are we going?”
    “I
thought we’d get some Tex-Mex at the River Walk in San Antonio and then hit a
nice little club I know.”
    “Okay.”
    “You do
like Mexican food, right?”
    “Love it. One of my favorites.”
    “Good.”
He glanced across the cab of the truck as they pulled onto the highway headed
for the city. “Did I tell you how gorgeous you look tonight?”
    “Sort
of, but thank you.”
    “I’ve
never seen you in a dress like that, I think. You usually are more conservative
like what you were wearing last Sunday.”
    “Last
Sunday?”
    “Yeah,
I usually see you with your dad going to Sunday brunch at the diner after
church.”
    “You
do?”
    “Yes.
You look real nice.”
    She bit
the inside of her cheek so she wouldn’t ask why he noticed her on Sundays going
into the diner. Surely he wasn’t that interested in her, right?
    “You
smell right nice too.”
    Boy, is he doling out the compliments tonight. What gives? “ It’s okay, Jeremiah. I know you only asked me out to piss off Lydia, so you might as
well take me back home right now rather than go through with this date thing.
I’m not the kind of woman you normally go out with and I’m