The door was open.
Again.
I didn't mean unlocked.
I meant open. Sure, it wasn'twideopen. It was just cracked, but I still didn't like it. One good push, and anyone could've walked in.
I recalled those two asshats who'd tried to scare me off. They hadn't succeeded, but that didn't mean they wouldn't try again.
What if they tried with Maisie?
Fuck.What if they did worse?
My jaw clenched at the thought.
It had been six days since their little visit. Yes, I was counting. In no coincidence, it had been six days since Maisie and I had first slept together.
These had been six of the best days of my life, and I wasn't eager to mix things up.
But that scene with Sierra – it was a good wakeup call.
It was time to tread more carefully, and Maisie should be doing the same, especially when it came to safety.
I gave the door a shove but didn't step inside, not even when I saw Maisie sitting at the back table, shuffling through bike-rental forms. She looked up, but she didn't smile.
I didn't either. "So, what's with the door?"
She gave it a quick glance. "Nothing."
I stated the obvious. "It was open." And it wasstillopen, because I hadn't moved from the doorway.
"Yeah, I know," she said. "I was the one who left it that way."
We'd had this conversation already, but hey, I wasn't gonna letthatstop me. "Why?"
"So you could get in."
"I've got a key, remember?"
"Of course I remember. I was the one who gave it to you."
Maisie had given it to me the day after we'd first slept together, when I'd offered to take down the tent. I'd kept the key, and she hadn't asked for it back – which was convenient in more ways than one.
Finally, I moved forward and shut the door behind me. I didn't slam it. I didn't press hard. But Ididlock it to make a point.
Would she get the message?
Probably not.
The truth was, we generally kept it unlocked during the day, but we sure as hell didn't keep it open.
She knew this.Hell, she had agreed to keep it shut, if only as a favor to me. Was this some kind of message?
Favor revoked?
As if reading my mind, she said, "I didn't do it to irritate you, if that's what you're thinking."
Interesting."So whydidyou?"
