Dust raised his face to the gray sky and drew in a deep breath. His whole body buzzed. He didn’t understand why he had grabbed Sammy and kissed her that way. When her eyes flashed with irritation and she snapped that she was capable of taking care of herself and Todd, a sense of panic hit him hard.
“Not just panic,” he reluctantly muttered to himself. “Something else, too.”
He just didn’t know what it was. For the first time in months, he wished his dad was still alive. He could really use another guy to talk to about what was going on and help him understand why he felt the way he did toward Sammy. He sure as heck couldn’t ask Josie. She’d have a field day picking on him, and Todd was too young.
With a sigh of exasperation, he kicked at a rock in the road. The town was small, just a na
