Page 12 of When You Least Expect It
“Here,” I said, shoving my purse and tote into his chest.“You can hold these while I grab the basket.”
Though he took the items in his hands and held them as I began digging around in my tote for some gloves, he still protested.“I really don’t like this.You should not be handling...handling whatever that is.”
“Oh, on that I agree,” I snorted.“But it has to be done.”
“Because of Louise?”
“And God.”
“Yeah, and God,” he muttered.
Once I donned the gloves, I looked up at him to explain the game plan.“Okay, so...I’m going to grab the basket, then after you unlock my door, I’ll race over to the garbage can-”
“No,” he said, stopping my grand plan.“If your floorplan is anything like mine, you are not going to traipse through your living room and kitchen with that thing.”He gave me back my purse and tote as he added, “You go inside, grab a trash bag, then wait for me right inside the door.As soon as I walk in, we’ll dump it, tie the bag, then throw it away in the bin outside.You might still get stuck with a couple of flies, but at least they won’t take over your entire home.”
“What about your gloves?”I asked pointedly.
“I’ll risk it,” he drawled out.“Besides, I’m sure that you have hand soap or something in your house, yeah?”
I nodded.“Of course.”
His gorgeous green gaze narrowed a bit.“Then after we’re done disposing of that environmental hazard, you’re going to explain to me who Louise is, what’s with the damn basket, and how God is involved in all this.”
“Deal.”
After grabbing my keys from my purse, I hooked both bags over my left shoulder, then raced my way past the offending fruit basket.As quickly as I could, I opened the door, then shut it just as fast.Dumping my stuff on the couch, I hurried to the kitchen, grabbed a trash bag, then made my way back to the front door, all the while thinking about how much I didn’t need this nonsense in my life.I thought I’d been done with the damn baskets four months ago.
As soon as I was back at the door, I called out, “Okay, I’m going to open the door.”
“Please do,” he called back.
I opened the door, and then it was nothing but chaos after that.
Chapter 6
Myer~
