Chapter 29
Mac stood there in shock that this quiet dignified detective would come up with something this off the wall. She loved his sense of humor and he was cute too. It was too bad he was a married man. Taking his arm she said loudly, "Come on darling, it seems like we have a lot to talk about tonight."
The two of them had a good laugh over the incident once they got to the car. They were still giggling on and off as Woody pulled into the parking lot of the florist shop. Both sobered then at the serious nature of their visit.
Going in, they requested the unusual arrangement Petunia had wanted for her sister's grave. The girl behind the desk had to look up Clematis on the internet to see what they looked like. She knew that the shop didn't stock them, but wanted to see if they at least had something that looked like what the couple wanted.
One variety of the Clematis they had asked for looked a lot like a morning glory, so the clerk, after showing Mac and Woody a picture she had found asked if it would be okay to substitute one for the other. They looked at each other and nodded their agreement.
As they left the florist with the bouquet Woody said, "I need to stop by the precinct to drop off the carpet padding and to check on any messages I might have. After that I'll be free for the evening. Will you have dinner with Jordan and me? Surely it would be better than an evening alone in a hotel room."
"It wasn't the thought of 'better' Woody, I just didn't want to impose on the two of you."
"I can assure you that would not be the case, so won't you come?"
"Alright, yes!" she laughed at his persistence.
Meanwhile, Jordan had spent her day wondering what Woody and Mac had been up to. Mac was a very attractive woman and Jordan suddenly realized that she didn't really like the idea of her husband spending so much time with this other woman.
'Wait a minute!' she thought. 'That last thought sounded suspiciously like jealousy! How could she be jealous?! That emotion usually only cropped up if you loved someone, and she didn't love someone…did she?!' She remembered the kiss they shared and her odd feelings about that, and now this feeling that seemed to be in the jealousy family of feelings. Could she be falling in love with her husband?! Woody was nice and kind and all, but he wasn't really her type. But look at the mess 'her type' of guy had gotten her into lately!
Used and forgotten by Harmon Rabb.
Used, manipulated, lied to, and left pregnant by Clark Palmer.
Her track record before these last two hadn't been all that great either.
So here she was, living with, married to, and about to have a child with, a sweet, kind, loving guy that was cute in his own way and what would be wrong with falling for this guy? Every mother dreamed her daughter would find a guy as good as Woody Hoyt! Even though her mother had died when she was very young, Jordon was sure she would have approved of Woody. So why was she fighting so hard not to have feelings for him?
Oh sure, she had gotten to the point where she liked him, since they had started living together. Before that she had always thought of him as annoying. Now though she was happy to see him at the end of the day and having him there for breakfast after they got up wasn't bad either. Where did that leave her?
Could these feelings she had for Woody be love? They weren't like what she had for the guy that she had thought was Harmon Rabb, but turned out to be Clark Palmer, and she had thought that was love. Maybe she needed to talk this over with someone! But her only female friend was Lily and Jordan was sure that no matter what the truth was, the rose colored glasses that Lily constantly wore, would insist that it was indeed love.
So she needed to find another woman to talk to. But who? The Marine from Virginia was in town, but Jordan didn't know her well enough to trust whatever advice she might give. The mere thought of going to see Clara Rose made her shudder. So who did that leave?
To be continued…
