today I asked for an entire month off, starting tomorrow.”
Surprised gazes stared back at her … except one. She saw a look of suspicion in Rico’s eyes and noted the way his jaw tightened.
“What’s wrong? You’re missing Bailey already and plan to follow her to North Carolina?” her cousin Stern asked, grinning.
Megan returned his grin and shook her head. “Although I miss Bailey, I’m not going to North Carolina.”
“Let me guess. You’re either going to visit Gemma in Australia or Delaney in Tehran,” Chloe said, smiling.
Again Megan shook her head. “Those are on my to-do list for later, but not now,” she said.
When others joined in, trying to guess where she was headed, she held up her hand. “Please, it’s not that big of a deal.”
“It’s a big deal if you’re taking time off. You like working.”
“I don’t like working, but I like the job I do. There is a difference. And to appease everyone’s curiosity, I talked to Clint and Alyssa today, and I’m visiting them in Texas for a while.”
“Texas?”
She glanced down the table at Riley, which allowed her to look at Rico again, as well. He was staring at her, and it didn’t take a rocket scientist to see he wasn’t pleased with her announcement. Too bad, too glad. She couldn’t force him to take her to Texas, but she could certainly go there on her own. “Yes, Riley, I’m going to Texas.”
“When are you leaving?” her brother Zane asked. “I need to, ah, get that box from you before you leave.”
She nodded, seeing the tense expression in Zane’s features. She wondered about the reason for it. She was very much aware that he had a lock box in her hall closet. Although she’d been tempted, she’d never satisfied her curiosity by toying with the lock and looking inside. “That will be fine, Zane. I’m not leaving until Friday.”
She took another quick glance at Rico before resuming dinner. He hadn’t said anything, and it was just as well. There really wasn’t anything he could say. Although they would end up in the same state and within mere miles from each other, they would not be together.
Since he didn’t want her to accompany him, she would do a little investigating on her own.
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