Landon climbed into his rental car and set the GPS for Lizzie’s house. After three weeks of travel, he was ready to take a break, and with her is where he wanted to be. Before leaving the Avis lot, he called her. She answered after two rings.
“Hello?”
“Hey, Lizzie.”
“Landon! How was your trip?”
“It was long. But very productive. How’s work been going for you?”
She laughed. “It’s been full of Christmas crazies and then some.”
“Well,” he told her, “If you’re off work, how about a meal? You hungry?”
“You’re in Seattle?”
“Yep,” Landon answered. “I came hoping for a dinner date with you as a surprise... did I overstep?”
“No, it’s just, I’m on call tonight,” Lizzie told him. “But if you don’t mind the possibility of my having to eat and run, yeah, let’s do it. We can order in. There’s a
