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and waited for D`nae to open the doors. After they were in the truck, rather than starting it, D’nae just sat there looking down at her keys.
    “What’s the matter?” Grady asked reaching across the seat, lying his hand on top of hers. ‘ He is already starting with the whole touchy feely shit,’ she thought, deciding it was time to set things straight once again.
    “We need to talk.” she replied moving his hand away.
    “Okay, I’m listening.”
    “I don’t want you to get the wrong idea of why I asked you to come up here. I mean…” she was saying when he interrupted her.
    “I know what you mean. I came here because a friend called me… not for anything else.”
    She looked over at him wondering if what he had just said was true, or if he was saying what she wanted to hear. She knew if Grady had come along before she had found Danny things might have been different, but it was way beyond too late. The only thing she could do now was hope that Grady meant what he had just said, and not put her in a position where she had to hurt his feelings a second time.
    “I appreciate that,” she said looking over at him. “I just don’t have room in my life for a relationship right now.”
    “Yeah, you already told me that back in Scotland, remember?”
    She decided to start the truck and change the subject before the conversation went to a place she didn’t care to visit at this point in time. She had already gone through this little story with him and it was something she didn’t care to venture back into. How could anyone explain that their love happened to be the walking dead? It had been hard enough for her believe that Danny was a vampire, something she thought only existed in the world of fantasy.
    “So, what hotel are you staying at?”
    “I’m not… I’m staying at your place.”
    “The hell you are, I asked you to come check things out, not sleep on my couch,” she replied, pulling out onto the freeway.
    “Why don’t you let me check your place out before we decide on anything? If someone has been getting in your place, do you really want to be there by yourself if they decide to come back? Do you?” he quickly asked with emphasis.
    “Do you think they’ll come back?” she asked, darting to look at him, causing the truck to swerve off the side of the road.
    “Hey, watch what you’re doing!” he yelled grabbing the dash.
    “Well, don’t say shit that’s going to freak me out when I’m driving!” she yelled back, trying to get the truck under control.
    He started laughing and she couldn’t help but join in. They drove without any more incidents all the way to her apartment, which was located on the outskirts of town. They talked about nothing but the shopping mall and Movie Theater that was located close to her place, and the way the reddish orange sky bled into the top of the pines and oaks on the winding rows of summer foliage.
    Her apartment was actually a small two story home, where she lived on the top and her landlady lived on the bottom. It was far enough away from the city limits that she felt like she lived in the country, but close enough that she didn’t have more than a thirty minute commute to work. Once they got out of the truck, Grady reached into the back and opened his bag, taking out a small handgun and a box of shells.
    “How on earth did you get that past security?”
    “I have a federal license to carry all over the United States. I just told them I was on a hot case,” he explained taking off his glasses, giving her a look she didn’t care to see.
    She shot back a roll with her eyes and headed for the front door. “What’d I do?” he said, walking swiftly to catch up, while loading the gun. She went to put the key in the foyer door when it swung open a few inches.
    “What the hell?” D’nae said, more to herself than to Grady. “This door is always locked. Mrs. Martin!” she called out. “Mary, the door’s open!” When she got no reply, D`nae