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going to.”
    That made her fine russet-colored brows draw together. “How did you know I was upset with that crazy Gulag flight attendant? You were right there to block me almost before I’d even moved.”
    Gulag. Nice . “You kidding? You’re the easiest damn read I’ve ever laid eyes on. One second you’re being all sweetness and light as Dan and Rainbow talked about their respective B and Bs—”
    “Rainbow?” A smile bloomed at that, startling him with its wholehearted brilliance. She smiled with everything she had—her mouth, her cheeks, her eyes, and suddenly the truck’s interior felt a hell of a lot warmer than it did a second ago. “The owner of Huckleberry Waters Bed and Breakfast is named Rainbow ?”
    “Excellent memory.” He studied her another moment as she dealt him one surprise after another. First a million-watt smile that knocked him on his ass, then a sharp attention to detail that he never would have expected from someone teetering on the edge of exhaustion. If she liked football and basketball, he might be talked into thinking she was perfect. “One second you’re being cute as hell, smiling at them, and the next it’s like someone hit your homicidal maniac button.”
    She snorted. “I don’t have a homicidal maniac button.”
    “Trust me, you do. You might not think you’re a redhead, but you are.” Gently he eased his foot down on the gas pedal. Snow crunched under the chain-wrapped tires, and they were on their way, heading at five miles per hour for where he thought the exit to the school’s parking lot might be. “And you’ve got the temper to match.”
    “Just because I wanted to punch her lights out doesn’t mean I’ve got a bad temper.”
    Shit, she had a knack for making him smile. “Did you really just say that?”
    “Traveling for twenty-four hours straight would put anyone in a pissy mood. And for the record, I still think that witch deserved a good, old-fashioned ass-kicking.”
    “What you handed her was way cooler than an ass-kicking. I thought she was going to pee her panties as you took her apart piece by piece.”
    “I’ve had enough of people soiling themselves out of fear for one lifetime, thanks.”
    He laughed under his breath, then tried to remember when the hell he’d laughed last. Two years ago at least, before he’d found out who his real family and friends were. “After the travel nightmare you’ve been through, you need to be spoiled in a big way.”
    Her sigh was almost pained as she stared blankly out at the blinding snow caught in the truck’s headlights. “I won’t argue with that.”
    “Is there really a Montana code 303-whatever?”
    “45-5-303, and yes, there is.  When I was hauled back to the rest of the passengers, I was so furious at being held against my will I looked it up. My true medium has always been search engines.”
    “So I take it you’re a lawyer when you’re not dropping out of stormy skies and into my backyard?”
    “I wanted to be, and that’s the plan for the very near-future. But for the moment I’m a professional stager for my aunt’s realty company in Chicago.”
    That made him frown. “Those are two seriously diverse career paths you’ve got going on. Don’t really see how one has anything to do with the other.”
    “Basically it comes down to money,” she said, and she did it such a wistful air he had to make himself not look at her as he tried to stay on a road he couldn’t see. “My fiancée went through law school first, you see. Jackson’s education funds dried up two years shy of graduation. After we talked the situation over, we decided that since I had a fabulously paying part-time job that needed to be expanded to fulltime and he didn’t, I dropped out and supported him while he finished up. He graduated, passed the Bar and has found a great job in Seattle. So, now it’s my turn to finish getting my degree.” Her fingers abandoned the vents to grip her purse on her lap so tightly