"Why would she say no?" G asked.
Scotty gave him a long look. "Why would she say yes?"
G chuckled. "Man if you don't put that girl out of her misery and marry her then I'm going to shoot you myself! She practically stalked your ass when she lived out here; following you around, showing up where you said you'd be."
Scotty smiled at the memory. The thing is that he would throw hints of what his plans were in hopes that she would show up.
"She loves you. And that's why she won't say no."
He was being stupid, he decided. He had no doubt that Vanessa was in love with him, every bit as much as he was in love with her. But sometimes he thought about her being seventeen and filled with so much innocence, while he was a seasoned criminal. There was no other way to put it. He really wasn't goo
