Ashure tapped his fingers on his knee and moodily stared out of the windshield of Tonya’s car. The quick stop at the Post Office was turning out to be slightly longer because of the pesky nuisance of Deputy Dan. The man had pulled up at the same time as they did.
He gritted his teeth when he saw Tonya laugh at something Dan said. The pleased look on the Deputy’s face made Ashure want to rip the man apart. He reached for the door release when Dan touched Tonya’s arm, but then Dan turned to an elderly woman who came out and spoke to him.
“That man is almost as annoying as Nali’s Sea Monkeys,” he muttered.
He flashed a strained smile at Tonya when she glanced at him. As much as he wanted to create a distraction to drive the man away, he knew that if he actually did it, Tonya would know. Fo
