Page 77 of Falling for Brody

"There's this young man looking for you."

Brody frowned at Silas' words.

Rhea didn't look like she was taking it much better.

"Did he give you a name?"

Silas folded his arms across his chest. "Nope. Which is why I told him that I'd give him your information over my dead body."

Arthur almost smothered a snort of laughter. "That's not much of a threat, Silas."

Rhea put a hand on both of their shoulders. "Be nice."

Otto chuckled. "Those two?"

Silas started in again. "He was driving a Ford POS."

Rhea looked up at Brody and the corner of his mouth quirked up at her confusion. "POS. Piece of sh-"

"Okay. Did he say why he was looking for me?"

Arthur shook his head. "He was tight lipped, that young man. Looks like he could use a barber though. Told him so and pointed him down the street."

Brody smiled. He knew the barber shop. Everyone in town did.

And he knew the three older men who hung out outside the Post Office. They liked to see clean haircuts and didn't have any problem offering their 'advice' to others.

"What did he say to your suggestion?" Brody asked Silas.

"He muttered something under his breath and that's when I told him he better watch himself."

Brody looked up at Rhea and saw that she was trying to hide her concern.

"What color was his car?"

It was Otto who spoke up. "Blue, but it was soft blue. Not like those bright blue cars they make."

Arthur added in. "It's one of those hatchback cars. Two doors. Not four. Looks like someone just loped off part of it and glued the damn thing back together."

And not to be outdone, Silas ended it with a huff. "Virginia plates. Didn't catch the whole number, but there was a four at the end of it."

Brody was already on his phone, giving the information to his cousin.

He ended the call and gave the men a thank you. "Gabriel's going to look for the car. If you see that guy again, can you call me or Gabriel?"

Silas reached up and pinched the brim of his baseball hat and nodded. "Will do, Brody."

Silas looked up at Rhea and his expression softened a little. "We take care of our own, Rhea. Don't you worry."

Brody watched her blink back tears and she leaned in to peck a kiss on his cheek.

The other two grumbled and she made her way around the table giving each of them a kiss.

By the time she finished her round of the table, Brody leaned his cheek toward her and she placed a kiss there, too.

He saw the moment she realized what she'd done.

Rhea ducked her gaze down, her chin lowering toward her chest.

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