What was it about the woman that got under my skin?
She didn’t affect Chet that way, and he seemed to notice anything on two legs with breasts. In fact, he even called Jolene cranky once, and I had to set him straight. I didn’t find her cranky.
Could she use a reason to smile?
Evidently.
That didn’t make her a grump.
What was it that put the frown on her face? I planned to find out.
She was right. I’d almost kissed her in front of God, the choirboys and girls, and everybody. If I didn’t check myself before I wrecked myself, I was going to cause a big stir in this town. We all got pieces of crazy in us, some bigger pieces than others, and Jolene drove me nearly mad with lust.
The thing of it is, I didn’t give a fig.
She was the sexiest woman I’d ever seen, but seeing the remoteness
