CHAPTER 15
Nick parked his SUV right along her walkway, killed the engine and got out of the car. He turned his attention to helping Rylee out of her seat. “Swing your arm around my neck,” he instructed, and gently lifted her to the ground.
“I’m getting better you know.” She laughed, but she wasn’t sorry he’d grabbed her body to lift her out of the SUV. “I don’t need all this help.”
They slowly walked together up to the house, Rylee putting more weight on her bad foot. Her neighbors had put out their Christmas lights and they all sparkled in the moonlight. Nothing had ever felt this perfect before.
She unlocked the porch door and let them into the kitchen. Nick looked around the house as she locked the door and turned on the window lights in the living room. She moved to the little col
