Chapter 138

“Aren’t I always?”

“I know. But please, humor me?” I could be just as stubborn waiting for his promise.

“I’ll be careful.”

“Thanks.”

“Now go, before people start wondering why you’re lingering here.”

“You could tell them your car broke down and I was just giving you a lift.”

“I could, couldn’t I? It wouldn’t explain why we’re chit-chatting here, though.”

No. And I couldn’t tell him I’d suddenly gotten a very bad feeling about this. He shut the door and patted the roof.

I shifted the car from park to drive, eased out into the side street and from there onto the main thoroughfare.

Forty-five minutes. An hour, at most.

* * * *

The ambulance was where it was supposed to be. The GPS got me there with no trouble. I concealed the car nearby, transferred the bag with the EMT uniform Mark would wear into the ambulance, and got in.

Since I still had at least half an hour before my lover would reach our meeting point, I took ten minutes to familiarize myself with the rig.