Chapter 2 #2
“I’ll talk to him again. I had to quit working because he was leaving me there all the time.
I really do have other things that I have to do.
” Rosie said that she believed him and would spread the word around, too.
“Thanks, Rosie. Sometimes I don’t know what this town would do without you hanging around.
You sure can nip a rumor in the bud when it comes up. Can’t you?”
“It’s my job to keep the peace.” She looked at him and winked. “How about a second date, Wylie? I’ve been thinking of that new Mexican place in Zanesville. We could go there and get some food and have a picnic.”
“I’d love that. Tomorrow night, all right?
Bodi and I were just talking about having dinner tonight together.
” Bodi said that he could eat some Mexican food with them, and Rosie rolled her eyes.
Apparently, Bodi was thick-headed because he was making plans to go with them tonight.
He’d have to have a talk with his little brother.
“Bodi, she asked me out, not you. You and I can go out tonight, but I’m saving myself for the pretty officer for tomorrow night. ”
“I see how you are. You don’t want me messing with your date.” Bodi laughed. “I get it. I wouldn’t want a third wheel around either if I were dating a pretty lady, officer or not.” Bodi got up to take the trash away, leaving the two of them alone.
“Are we really going to have Mexican?” Rosie said they were going to pick some up and have it at her house.
They could do whatever he wanted after that.
“Anything? I mean, that leaves a lot open for me. I could use some more foot massages. Or whatever else you need. I’ve been thinking a great deal about you. ”
“I have you too. I want to see you again if you don’t mind.
The first date was just a teaser, I believe.
We can have some fun watching a movie and eating, then you could stay the night.
I’m not kidding when I tell you, you’ve been in my thoughts a great deal lately.
” He had to adjust his cock again for the hundredth time since he had been out with her.
She was all he thought about as well. “Well, I have to go. I’ll see you tomorrow night.
I’ll get with you on what I want to eat from there.
They’ve brought in some menus that we can use, and I think that will be the way to go for us.
Just bring it to my house, and I’ll have drinks. ”
“No wine.” She said she’d have beer like any normal person would have with Mexican food, and he laughed. “I’m still trying to decide if I like it or not. So far, the only thing I like is popping the cork from a bottle. I don’t care for the taste at all on most of them.”
“All right. I’ll see you at six tomorrow night. I’ll let you know what I want to eat.” After she left him, Bodi came back with two ice cream cones. After being handed one, Bodi asked if he was serious about dating Rosie.
“I am. Do you object?” He said that he’d been thinking of asking her out as they were the same age, but he’d not now. “I appreciate that. We don’t know where this is going to lead, but I’m thinking we could become serious sometime soon. She’s been in love with me since we were kids.”
“Tell me that you knew that, and she didn’t have to point it out to you.” He said that she’d told him. “I hope that I’m not that dense when I find a girl I want to date. Everyone could see that she’s in love with you since high school.”
After finishing their cones, they decided to go back to the courthouse and listen in on the rest of the classes that had to do with investments.
He was willing to try to invest in something, but he wanted a sure thing.
Bodi was the chance taker. He looked for him to be invested in all kinds of safe and not-so-safe things soon. Wylie wasn’t a risk-taker at all.
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Rosie was excited to be going out with Wylie again.
She hoped that he had a talk with Bodi about the food they were having at her house and that he’d not be joining him.
She liked the man a great deal, but not enough to have him around as a third wheel like he’d mentioned.
Since it was going to be at her house, she didn’t have to dress up so much and could wear her slippers.
Her feet still ached a bit after walking around in heels that night.
But she’d do it again if necessary. She wanted to be his date in all things that had to do with his new status as a wealthy man.
The money was his as far as she was concerned.
She didn’t know how much he’d gotten in the deal, but he knew that he was several times over a millionaire.
Kinsey was worth more because he’d married Meggie, and she’d been rich all her life.
It was good to see them together, the two of them, and she was glad that they seemed so happy.
She was that happy when she thought of Wylie.
Looking over the menu when she had time today, she settled on two different dinners instead of just the one she normally would have.
If things went the way that she wanted them to, then they’d need to eat again sometime in the middle of the night.
She wanted him in her bed and inside of her so badly she could barely sleep at night for thinking about him.
“Chief, there’s a crowd developing at the Dairy Mart.
Bodi is there trying to smooth over the people, but I don’t think he’s having much luck.
Wylie and his brother are there too, and it’s looking bad.
” She said she’d go back down there. “All right. I’ll tag along, too, in the event you need something.
Mr. Ralph is shouting about how Bodi quit working for him without notice. ”
“All right.” She grabbed her gun and made her way to the car.
If things got out of hand, she’d rather have the gun than not.
As soon as she pulled up with her lights on, the crowd got louder.
It took her shouting at them to get them to calm down.
“I told you what was going on. What the hell are you doing bothering this man and his family when I told you up front he wasn’t going to open a gas station? ”
“He left me in a lurch. I don’t have anyone working for me.
” Ralph looked ready to do battle, and all she had to do was put her hand on her gun.
“You’re not going to arrest him, are you?
They get themselves a bit of money, and they don’t want to help out their fellow man no more. I see how they are.”
“I gave you notice, Mr. Ralph, but you kept asking me to stay a little longer. I worked for you for three months past the time that I said that I’d work for you.
You never seemed to be looking for anyone to replace me.
” He said that wasn’t true that he did look.
“Mr. Waggoner said that he asked you several times for the job, and you kept telling him that you had enough people working for you. I had to do something, or I’d still be working for you.
I needed to get out from under the station. ”
“I liked you being there. Now you’re too good to work for me.” He said that he had to have time of his own. “I don’t want to hire anyone else. You was a good employee, and I liked you being there. What am I supposed to do now that you’re gone?”
“Hire Mr. Waggoner. He’s a good mechanic.
Better than I was.” Ralph said it wasn’t the same.
“Nothing is the same anymore. I want to have a good life for myself and find myself a wife to have a bunch of kids with. I can’t do that and work for you fifty hours a week, plus the things that I have to do now.
I’m going to build myself a house. Find me a wife and have some kids.
Don’t you think I should be able to do that? ”
“I guess so.” He looked around at the crowd that he’d gathered and told them to go home.
He’d been upset with Bodi when he’d just quit him.
He’d given his notice just fine, but he didn’t want anyone to leave him while it was working out so well.
“I fibbed a bit on everything. He’s a good man and doesn’t deserve what I’d said about him.
I can’t wait to see him with a wife and kids.
He’ll be a fine daddy just like he should be.
Nothing like his own bastard of a father had been. ”
The crowd disbursed soon after, and Ralph told everyone he was sorry for what he’d said.
Bodi said that he’d help him out when he could, but he couldn’t work full-time.
That he should hire Mr. Waggoner so that he’d have a good mechanic at the gas station to help with things that came in.
After that, it was hard to believe that some of the people who had been there had been spitting mad at Bodi as they were all shaking his hand and patting him on the back.
Small towns were like that. Easy to fire up and to knock the flames out at the same time.
Going back to the station house after talking to Wylie again, she was glad that she’d looked at the menu before leaving.
He was going to get them some appetizers as well as their meals so that they could pig out as much as they wanted.
She hoped that he was willing to stay the night.
She’d been looking forward to it for so long to have sex with Wylie Pennington.
By the end of the day, she was ready for a nap.
It had been a long one, too, with the crowd that had been at the Dairy Mart.
However, she needed to get home and clean her place up for company.
She’d even made plans to change her sheets on the bed so that they’d be fresh when he got there.
As soon as she was home, she did take a bit of a nap and was ready to start on the house by six-thirty.