Glenn was waiting outside the station house when Joey got off his shift. Joey instantly panicked because Glenn had never done that before. But if it was an emergency he’d have called he told himself. It didn’t really help. Glenn must have seen it in his face because he pulled Joey into a hard hug.
Joey leaned back to look at him in shock. “What are you doing?”
“Just letting you know you’re part of my life everywhere, not just when no one’s looking. Does it bother you?”
“Hell no!” Joey grinned. “And in case you haven’t picked up on it, which maybe you didn’t because you don’t come into town that much, it’s not really a secret anyway. But…”
Glenn cocked an eyebrow when Joey paused.
“I have the sneaking suspicion there’s more to this than just proving I’m yours, and vice versa.”
“Aren’t you the clever young man.”
“Occasionally.”
“Usually.” Glenn slid his arm around Joey’s waist, hustling to his car. When Joey balked, pointing out he’s brought his own car, Glenn nodded. “And we’ll come back for it later.”
“So what’s going on that we can’t talk about at home, which I suspect it the reason you’re kidnapping me.”
“I’ll tell you when we get where we’re going.”
Knowing he’d get nothing more until Glenn was ready, Joey got into the car. When they headed out of town he was doubly puzzled, but still didn’t ask until Glenn pulled off the road onto a narrow lane much like the one leading up to their house. This lane however ended at a small grassy area with a stream running through it.
“We’re having a picnic,” Joey quipped as they got out of the car.
Glenn chuckled as he led the way to the edge of the stream. “Nope, but only because it didn’t occur to me.”
“Either you’re feeling romantic, or this is going to be a very serious discussion and you don’t want anyone overhearing it.”
“The latter I’m afraid.” Glenn sat, waiting for Joey to join him. “Okay, first off you’re not to get pissed at me.”
“Not an auspicious start. What did you do, or not do, or are planning on doing that would piss me off.”
“Two things. First I’ve done all I can to make the hitman come after me on my terms, which means drawing him to the house if I’m lucky.”
Taking a deep breath, Joey nodded. “And I can guess the second thing. You were planning on making sure I was out of the picture when that happened.”
“I was, until I talked to a very smart woman who pointed out I was being stupid.” Glenn smiled, though barely. “I wasn’t going to tell you the second part since I’d changed my mind, but I knew I owed it to both of us to be honest about it.”
No comments:
Post a Comment