A/N: Fourth chapter!
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Flora was a bit nervous.
What would Luke say when he knew where she wanted to go?
She opened the side door to his car and got in.
"Hi, sweetheart," she smiled.
She fastened her seat belt.
"Hello. You look beautiful," he said.
She smiled.
"Thank you. You look quite lovely yourself," she replied, noting his navy pinstriped shirt and khaki pants.
Luke dusted some lint off the tan fabric.
"Well, you did tell me to dress nicely. Where are we going? I mean, aren't we a tad overdressed for Singh's?"
"Yes, but that's not where we're going," she answered.
"Where then?"
Flora didn't look at him.
Luke eyed her suspiciously.
"Okay, Miss Secretive. What's going on?"
Flora tugged at her silky peach blouse.
"Nothing. I just thought that we should go somewhere else."
"Like...?" He pressed.
Luke then noticed something clutched in Flora's hand.
"What's that?"
She gripped it tighter.
"Nothing," she said quickly.
"Let me see."
"No."
"Flora..."
"It's a map," she said.
"A map? To where?"
Flora unfolded the paper and smoothed it out before handing it to him.
"Westbrook," she said.
One of the printable maps from the Internet, a dark blue line connected Flora's house to the desired destination.
"Westbrook? Isn't that where all those rich people are? Why would you..." Luke's voice trailed off as a light went off in his head.
He set the paper down on the dashboard.
"Oh, my God. That's where Rose Paxton lives, isn't it?"
Flora, attempting to retain a facade of obliviousness, didn't answer.
Unfortunately for her, she had the worst poker face.
"It is!" Luke laughed.
"So what?" Flora said.
"'So?' You're kidding, right? I thought you didn't want to go?"
"I changed my mind. That's not against the law."
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why did you change your mind?"
Flora swept her bangs away from her face.
The real reason or the fake reason?
"Um, well, I was just thinking, and I thought that maybe you were right. It might be fun."
He chuckled.
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Right... I suppose we should be going then?"
"Yes."
A/N: I hope you all liked it! Please R&R!