Leon didn’t even flinch. “So you’ve been married before.”
“Once.” Tucker liked Leon’s directness. He just hadn’t been planning to bring up his failed marriage after only one day in Vermont.
Two days, his mind whispered. He’d slept in his Vermont house for two nights now.
“Same as Missy, then,” Leon said just as Missy exploded to her feet. Pure fury raced across her face, making her eyes dangerous and deadly.
“Leon.” Her chest heaved. “You had no right.” She glared at Tucker. “I’ll wait in the truck. Did you lock it?”
Was she really going to abandon him? Here, at her parents’ house, with the—he scanned the room and did a quick headcount—twenty-one people in her family? And he hadn’t even met her father yet.
“I didn’t lock it,” he finally managed to say. She stomped out, never once loo
