Page 56 of Shadow's Surrender
Shadow leaned against her. “No fuckin’ way, baby. This is a date and I’m picking you up.”
Scarlett swallowed hard, then nodded. “Okay. What time?”
“Does seven work?”
The image of her family’s faces as she rode away on the back of a motorcycle while clinging to one of the workers flashed through her mind.
“That’s perfect,” she said.
He stepped back to let her slip inside the car, then bent down and kissed her hard and wet.
“I’ll see you tomorrow at your house.”
“I’m sure you’ll need a lemonade break.” She giggled.
“Fuck yeah—that’s what I’m looking forward to, baby.”
He closed the car door and she switched on the ignition and pulled away from the curb. Scarlett kept looking in her rearview mirror until she turned the corner and he disappeared from sight.
He asked me on a date!Excitement coursed through her, pushing away the fear that kept buzzing in her head like a pesky fly.
“It’s about time I started livingmylife,” she said out loud.
Switching on the CD player, she cranked up the volume and sang along with “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” The Twisted Sister song had suddenly become her new anthem, and Scarlett played it over and over until she pulled into the family’s garage, switched off the engine, and went into the house.
