Several hours later, Allie landed for the second time at a small airport just west of Las Vegas. Both men had cursed and muttered as the plane descended each time. Jacob had revealed a few more sins as they touched down. She honestly thought he forgot that she could hear every mumbled whisper. As they taxied to the small terminal, Allie couldn’t help but ask about one of his muttered confessions.
“Wow! You really visited five different widows in the last three months?” she asked, glancing back at Jacob’s pale face.
Jonathan’s choked laughter echoed in the narrow confines of the cabin. Allie’s laughter joined his when Jacob muttered another dark curse under his breath. It sounded suspiciously like ‘it wasn’t five, it was four’.
Allie shut the engine off and pulled her headphones off her
