Noah eased the Ford over the unfamiliar road. He didn"t want to leave Steph, but her parents were here. She would be fine. “I can come over and help you clean this thing in the morning, if you like.” “You don"t have to do that.” “I know. I offered.” He didn"t like the way she’s spent the drive almost silent, only speaking to give him directions. “It"s your vacation, you don"t need to waste it scrubbing profanity off a stranger"s car.” “It is my vacation, and the way I see it, that means I can spend it any way I choose. I don"t think of you as a stranger. I thought we spent today becoming friends.” He pulled up in front of her house. “Today was nice, well until...” she trailed off. “I"m not counting what happened after we found what that s**t head did. I am talking about before that.

