CHAPTER 25
“You sure you don’t need any help getting up the walkway?” Derek asked after he pulled up into Gloria’s drive.
“I’m positive. You’ve been such a blessing to me today. Thank you so much, for bringing me to your sister’s, and for the lovely lunch out …”
“Don’t mention it. Now, you sure you don’t want me to walk you up to your house? I feel weird just dropping you off like this.”
“It’s better this way,” she insisted. “Kitty’s window is there, and she’s probably watching me right now, and as sweet a girl as she is, she gets antsy around strangers.” She smiled. “Don’t worry. I know my way. I promise I won’t get lost.” Maybe it wasn’t the funniest of jokes, but she couldn’t even remember the last time she’d tried to make one.
Her feeble attempt at humor at least won her another s
