Sam turned off the truck and got out on his side, when he got around to the other side, Seaton was already out of the truck and closing the door.
She turned and almost collided with him.
"Oh, sorry."
She shuddered a little and stepped back, almost bumping into the door.
Sam was quick, stepping in, he put his hand between the passenger door and her head.
"Oh-"
"It's okay." He kept his voice gentle and as easy as he could. "I just didn't want you to hit your head."
Seaton nodded and he turned to the side to give her room to step away.
He left his hand up so when she turned back, she could see where he'd placed his hand.
"Thank you."
He smiled at her and shook his head. "No thanks needed," he explained, "I wouldn't want to see you hurt."
Sam watched her absorb his words, emotions crossing her face.
He didn't think that she knew how easily he could see her reactions. He felt like she held most of her thoughts and feelings to herself, keeping quiet. She had an introspective look on her face when she was thinking over things.
He'd seen it on the screen of his phone when they'd spoken on the Ring camera, but up close, face to face, it was even more telling.
More enchanting.
Enchanting?
That wasn’t a word he used normally.
He shook his head.
Now he was ruminating over things and using words better suited to a man living a more elegant life than he did.
Putting out fires, opening cars damaged in a crash, fishing and hunting?
All of those things were pursuits where he could get his hands dirty.
He had a feeling that Seaton was different than he was.
She was refined.
He could see that at a glance.
The way she moved was graceful, elegant.
Even in her sleep clothes she looked like a lady.
As they reached the door, he pushed it open and held it for her.
The bells above the door chimed and Seaton smiled at the sound, tilting her chin up to look at the interior walls of the diner.
Sam had been there enough that he knew every picture on the walls, but he'd never taken such an interest in them.
She crossed to the wall next to the entry to the kitchen and got up on the toes of her sneakers to look at the pictures there.
