Neither of us spoke in the car on the way back. After pulling out from his father’s driveway, he grabbed my hand and placed it on his thigh, and I enjoyed the feeling of his muscles flexing under my palm as he drove.
Just as he parked out back, my phone went off. I pulled it out of my pocket and groaned out loud when I saw the caller.
Shit. With everything that had been going on, I’d completely forgotten today was Friday.
“I gotta take this,” I said, and answered my call. “Hello, Mother.”
“Cory? Are you well?” Her voice was high-pitched and close to hysteria, and I wiggled my hand free from Asher’s grip to pinch my earlobe.
“Yes, I’m fine. I’m sorry, but I was busy and forgot to call you.”
She drew in a breath but didn’t say anything. The clicking of the cooling engine felt like guns
