anyone. And now an older man that my brother knew was coming over to pick me up.
It was a lot to process, but there would be ice cream after this awkward situation, so I tried to concentrate on that.
CHAPTER TEN
* Mitch *
I could tell that officially taking Becca out on a date made her nervous. I wasn’t quite sure how close she was with her brother, or her sister-in-law Julie. But if Becca was staying with Brendan, and worked at his company, he was obviously an important part of her life. And
since he was her only family, I had to make sure that I was in his good graces.
It felt silly to drive just a few houses over, but it was necessary to pick her up properly.
Parking in Brendan’s driveway, I went up and knocked on the door. Their house looked
almost identical to the ones on either side, with perfect gardens, and artful arrangements of pink and white flowers.
Brendan answered the door almost immediately, looking confused. “Hey, Mitch. What can I
do for you?”
I reached out to shake his hand firmly. “Hi, Brendan. I’m actually here to pick up Becca.”
From the completely baffled look on his face, he clearly had no idea that we even knew
each other. “Becca, Mitch is here to see you,” he called over his shoulder. Then he turned
to me. “Are you two dating?”
“Yes,” I said, instantly grinning as Becca came into view. She was distractingly pretty, her
little blue sundress making her look so sweet and innocent that I wanted to drag her to my
bed, not into a public place. But this was important.
“We’re going to run into town to grab ice cream at Vaughan’s Dairy,” I said, as Becca came
to stand in the door frame. “Then I was thinking maybe we could go for pizza at Jim’s, or I
could make us dinner again. What do you think?” I asked, reaching out for Becca’s hand.
She took it, biting her lip as she walked past her brother. “Let’s see how hungry we are
after the ice cream,” she said. Turning to Brendan, she softly murmured, “I might be out
really late. Don’t wait up.”
I watched Brendan carefully until he gave me a solemn nod. “All right. Have fun, you two.”
As he shifted to close the door behind us, I saw Julie peeking around the corner looking
completely shocked.
As I opened the car door for her, Becca asked, “I don’t understand. Why was that a big
deal?”
Hurrying around to my side, I jumped in and backed out, driving slowly down the little side