I’m just about ready to cry when a familiar truck pulls up the drive, which breaks my concentration. My view from the card shifts to the window over the sink and I see Chloe Fitzgerald. I watch her jump out of her truck and make her way through the grass, up to the front porch.
Like a gentleman, I meet her at the railing and four steps. She’s at the bottom of the steps and I’m at the top. I tilt my head as a simple hello.
“Hey,” she says with a wide smile, a common greeting. “Where have you been hiding?”
“Here the whole time.”
“Not getting out much?”
“Don’t have to.”
She looks stunning in an autumn dress that is snug around her hips, high heels that she’s used to driving her truck in, and rose-colored blush on her perfect cheeks. She’s the most beautiful country girl in Hiding, a top
