“You’re probably right.” He could concede that easily. While he had spent a good amount of time on her YouTube channel, if there was one thing he knew nothing about? It was the dating habits of women. “Molly?”
“What?”
“I’m trying to watch the show.” He wasn’t. Not really. “By all means, let’s watch.” Her attention turned back to
the movie, even though he knew she wasn’t really interested either. Her arms stayed crossed, and she frowned. Then she yawned. Dramatically.
“Are you really so bored?” he asked.
She nodded. “They need to blow up a lot more automobiles to hold my attention.”
He pulled his phone from his pocket and held it out for her. “Do you want to play Candy Crush on my phone until the next car chase?”
“Do you have Crossy Road instead?”
“What’s wrong with Candy Crush?”
“You just bonk two candies together. It’s boring.”
“Are you kidding me?” He did have Crossy Road,
too, but Candy Crush was better. “It’s crushing candies together.”
“I can’t help if it feels more like a bonk.” She lifted her eyebrows. “Fine. Give me the phone.”
She reached for it, but he snapped it out of her grip before she could make contact. “No prank calling my brothers.”
She didn’t miss a beat, saying, “Can I snoop through your email, then?”
There wasn’t anything interesting there, but still… “Are you going to use the information you gather for good or for evil?”
Her expression was one of pure cartoon evil. How did she do that?
“I haven’t decided,” she said ominously.
He tucked his phone back in his pocket. “Then I’m afraid I can’t give my blessing.”
“I can always download Candy Crush on my phone, you know.”
“Ah, but I can give you level seventeen-hundred-and-forty-four.” Uh-huh, he played a good amount of Candy Crush while he waited for his boys.
“Are you two gonna hush up?” Molly’s neighbor lady—Agnes, yes Agnes was her name—glanced at them over the back of her seat.
Molly pointed at him. “It’s his fault.”
He shook his head and ran his palm over his face. “We’ll be quiet.”
“Dad?” Kellan asked from Gavin’s right.
Gavin jumped. Where had he come from? “What, kiddo?”
Kellan had an authentic glint of fear in his eyes that
made Gavin sit up taller.
The other two boys were milling in the aisle. They’d clearly gotten bored with the show, too.
“I think I might’ve accidentally put a Skittle up my nose,” Kellan said.
