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She shook her finger at me. “Grilled pineapple in honey barbecue sauce. Have Cody cook it up for you this summer.” She gestured toward the patio where his barbecue sat.
“For you, Genessa, I will try.” I rose, then collected all the plates. As I put them on the kitchen counter, she made her way over to me.
“You don’t mind driving me, do you?”
“Of course not. I’m going to drive Cody’s SUV, though.”
She arched what was clearly a questioning eyebrow.
“My truck’s pretty high off the ground.”
“Are you saying I’m short?”
She was about five-foot-nothing.
I smiled. “I would never. But it’ll be tough to get you up there.”
“And Cody’s SUV is better for the environment.”
I got her coat out of the front hall closet. “Yes, that’s true.”
“We want to leave a healthy planet for the younger ones.”
As I helped her into it, I blinked. “Yes, that’s right.”
She patted my chest. “You’re a good man.”
“I don’t know about that. But I try.”
“You’ll do.” She grinned. “You’ll do.”
Chapter Twenty-Four
Cody
Mei wanted to sniff every yellow spot in the snow as we walked along the street in front of the condo.
Since we weren’t in a hurry, I let her.
My phone buzzed with an incoming call.
Lorcan.
“Yes, sweetheart?”
“Uh. Well. Um…”
“What did Aunt Genessa say?” He’d been gone almost forty-five minutes. My aunt lived eleven minutes away. Even helping her up to her condo and then driving back didn’t take this long.
“Carter called.”
My heart seized. “They want Mei back?”
“What? Oh no, nothing like that. Uh…”
“Spit it out.” He was usually pretty straightforward.
“So, you remember Mei had a feline companion?”
