Bennett answered his phone when he saw Jennie’s name on the screen. She didn’t call very often, and he thought maybe she was hurt.
“Hey,” he said.
“I’m thinking boyfriend,” she said, making Bennett lower the dumbbell in his left hand.
“What?”
“No games, right?”
“Right.” He glanced around the gym located in the fire house. Alex Benson and Ray Alpin worked with each other at the bench press.
“So I’ve been having some weird thoughts,” she said. “If you should be my boyfriend or if it’s all too much of a bother, and I’ve decided boyfriend.”
Bennett wondered what it would be like to live inside her mind, even for an hour. “You do a lot of thinking,” he said.
“So maybe bother, then.”
He laughed, glad when she joined in. “No,” he said. “Boyfriend’s fine. Are we going public with that?”
