“Okay, let’s get on the road.”
They walked down the stairs into the parking lot and headed for their cruiser.
He meant his words. He didn’t want to talk about it anymore.
They’d both said words that he didn’t want to hear but that didn’t mean they were wrong.
But it also didn’t mean that he couldn’t be the kind of guy that could make Harmony happy.
If he wasn’t, he’d let go.
He just hoped he’d get a chance to try to make things work.
FIVE
HARMONY
The shift was non-stop.There had been a half-hour when she’d been able to put her head down on a bunk and a quick break where they’d been able to drive up to Kandi’s for a quick ice cream cone just to get some sugar into her system.
It wasn’t until she’d finished her shift and ducked into the showers to wash off the exhaustion that she remembered what Crois had told her the day before.
He said he’d come and take her to breakfast.
She’d been sure that he was just joking.
Actually, she’d told herself that he was joking.
It was easier than thinking he might actually show up.
As she washed the lather out of her hair, she lowered her chin to her chest and went through all the things she’d have to pick up at the grocery store to put in her closet for the next two days at home. It wasn’t a long list and there weren’t any surprises on it.
She was a creature of habit in so many ways.
Lots of greens.
Chicken and pork.
Or some beef if it was on sale.
Oh, and fruits. Apples would be good and-
“Harmony?”
She lifted her head at the question and ended up with a face full of water.
“Harmony?”
Sputtering she turned her head and wiped the water from her face. “Yes?”
“Oh, okay. Sorry.”
By the voice she could tell that it was Betty, one of the floaters who was in for a few shifts.
“Do you need something, Betty?”Harmony turned off the shower and reached for her towel.
“Oh, no. I was just coming in to see if you were still here. You have a guy waiting for you on the apparatus floor.”
“I… I have someone waiting for me?”
