Page 75 of Tangled Up In You

"It was over five minutes ago, but that didn't stop us from coming here."

"I just needed a little more time with you before I said goodnight. I have a busy day tomorrow. And like I said, the ride is over."

He didn't feel like it was over. He felt like he was still spinning around. "You keep knocking me off-balance."

"And you don't like that." It was more of a statement than a question.

"I'm afraid I like it too much."

She gave him a thoughtful look. "I'm afraid, too."

"Why?"

"Because I don't like to care."

"Back to your low expectations."

"Let's just call them realistic. This was fun, Adam. I like hanging out with you, but I need to go."

"I'll take you home."

She put up a hand. "No, I'm going to walk. It's not late, and it's not far."

"I just want you to be safe."

She gave him a small, somewhat sad smile. "The truth is, we'll both be safer if I go home alone. You know I'm right." She kissed his cheek. "Goodnight, Adam."

She was gone before he could stop her.

And he wanted to stop her, even though he shouldn't. It was safer to let her go, but he was getting damned tired of playing it safe.

By late Saturday afternoon, Molly was exhausted. The sidewalk sale had been a huge success. The street traffic had been constant all day long. She'd have to order more inventory on Monday, which seemed shocking considering how much she'd had to sell when she arrived.

It had also been fun to be part of the merchants who were selling their wares. At lunch time, she'd gone up and down the street and met her neighbors. Jackie had been her usual stuck-up self, but most of the other retailers had been friendly and interested in her business. The more she talked about the mission of the store, the more it became defined in her mind. She wanted to change things up a bit. She wanted to get away from the "magical witchiness" of Phoebe and focus in on more practical and modern methods of healing and wellness.

While manning her table, she'd also met a lot of Phoebe's customers and friends. Many of them had asked whether there would be a memorial at some point. They wanted to pay their respects, but they didn't know where to go. She needed to think about that. It still baffled her that Phoebe had left her ashes to her without any instructions on what to do with them, except a simple note that directed her to wait until she knew what to do. Phoebe was confident she would one day know exactly where her ashes should go.

Well, she still had no idea what to do with the urn that was currently at the attorney's office. And she would have to decide soon, because the attorney had asked her to collect it on Monday.

She'd worry about that on Monday.

She looked up as Drew and Cassie came out of the shop. Drew had been working all day, and Cassie had come by at lunch and stayed for the rest of the afternoon, volunteering to help out.

Molly suspected Cassie just wanted to be with Drew, but she wasn't turning away any help she could get. Plus, Cassie's friends had also shown up and made some purchases.

"What else can I do?" Drew asked.

"If you could put the card table in the back of the store, that would be great."

As Drew left, she smiled at Cassie. "I'd like to pay you for your time, Cassie."

Cassie waved away her offer with a careless hand. "It's not a big deal. I didn't have anything else to do today. And Drew said you don't have much money yet."

"Well, I am just getting started. But how about free yoga classes for the rest of the year?"

"I'll take that," Cassie said with a smile so dazzling Molly had a good idea why Drew was smitten. Cassie looked toward the store where Drew had disappeared and then turned back to Molly. "So, Drew is pretty great, don't you think?"

"I do. He seems to like you, too."

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