Page 172 of Make Me Trust Again
The look Rose shoots me tells me she doesn’t believe me one bit, and it’s not like I can blame her.
“Am I done now? Please? I wanna go play with Teddy and Shadow before dinner.”
At the mention of his name, Teddy’s head peeks up, tail wagging.
“I guess you can. I need to go and start on dinner if you want to have that pizza.”
“Yes.”Kyle glances at me.“Don’t let her put veggies on the pizza, okay?”
His serious expression has me chuckling.“Sure thing, buddy.”
“Hey, how is it fair that you two are ganging up on me?”Rose asks, crossing her arms over her chest.
“Boys win!”Kyle giggles as he runs out to the backyard, Teddy and Shadow following after him.
Rose pokes me in the chest. “You should be on my side.”
“Sweetheart, I’m on your side. Except when it comes to pizza.”
“Why don’t I trust you?” she mutters, her brows pulled together.
I slide my hand around her waist and pull her to me. “I promise, next time, I’m picking your side.”
“You better.” Her hands slide over my chest and onto my neck. “We’ve missed you.”
My chest aches at her words, and I don’t have it in me to burst her bubble and tell her about John. I don’t want to upset her.
“I’ve missed you, too.” I gently brush a strand of hair out of her face. “What are you doing this weekend?”
Rose tilts her head back slightly. “Umm… I don’t know. I’ll probably be home. Why?”
“Apparently, this weekend is Founder’s Day. They’ve been setting up stands and games when I was on my way home.”
“It’s already that weekend? Dang it. With everything going on, I completely spaced out.” She shakes her head. “I guess I could call Sav, see if they’re going, and maybe meet up with them for a bit so the boys can play together. We went last year, and Kyle really enjoyed the rides.”
“Or we could go together,” I suggest, watching her to see her reaction.
“Go?” Rose blinks slowly as if she isn’t sure she heard me correctly. “Together? As in us?”
She points her finger at me before shifting it to herself, and I can feel the corner of my mouth tilt upward. “Yes. Us.”
“You want us to go to the town fair? All three of us?”
The corner of my mouth tips upward. “I think I just said that.”
Rose tilts her head to the side. “You’re aware that there are going to be people out there, right? Likea lotof people.”
“Yes, I’m aware.”
Seriously, what is she trying to do? Get me not to go?
“You don’t like people,” she points out as if I don’t already know that.
I cross my arms over my chest. “Do you not want to go with me?”
Maybe that’s the real problem here. She mentioned going with Savannah, so maybe she doesn’t want us to be seen together.
“No,” she says quickly. Rose nibbles at the corner of her mouth for a moment, a trace of uncertainty on her face as she glances away. “I’m just trying to figure out ifyoureally want to go. You hate people.”
