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she doing, trusting a man she’d
just met?
    “ Liselle , you
know I won’t hurt you,” John said, touching her hand again. His voice was
gentle but insistent.
    How did he know she was frightened? Did it
matter? She swallowed and gathered her courage.
    “Yeah, okay,” she whispered, letting him
take her arm and pull her out.
    “What happened?” he asked once she was
standing up.
    She looked around, still trembling
violently. Her head felt like it was stuffed full of cotton. Strangely, her
face felt hot. She shoved back her hood. Everything around them was quiet: the
trees, the road, the sky. The entire world was white except for John’s truck,
which was blue. The headlights were so bright they hurt her eyes.
    “My engine stalled. I have no idea why.
And then I had a hard time with the brakes and steering and the car slid into
the ditch. And then I fell asleep.”
    He looked at her, face tight with worry.
“Come on, we’ve got to get you warm.” He took her arm and guided her to his
truck.
    “Where are we going?” She fumbled with her
purse, stumbling and almost going down as the heavy snow dragged at her feet.
    “I’m taking you to my place. It’s not far
from here.” He opened the passenger side door and boosted her up.
    She tried not to think about his hand
shoving against her butt, but then she was inside and he was gone before she
could freak out. A blast of hot air wafted across her face. He had the heater
on high. It smelled faintly of coolant, but she wasn’t going to complain. At
least it was warm. The seat was hard and springy and the vinyl was cracked. It
caught on her wool coat and snagged against her leggings, but she didn’t care.
She held out her frozen hands to the vents blasting hot air at her and let
herself relax slightly. When John hopped in the driver’s side, she glanced at
him. His cheeks were rosy. He smiled at her, eyes crinkling attractively. She
smiled back, feeling a little tentative. The tips of his ears were red.
    “You should have worn a hat,” she said
vaguely, clutching at her bag.
    He shrugged, buckling himself in with easy
competence. “I wasn’t planning on spending time outside.”
    She huffed. “Yeah, well, neither was I.
And look what happened.”
    He grinned at her and shifted into first
gear, shoving at the stick until it popped into place. “You’ve got a point.”
    The truck lurched and she grabbed onto the
door. “What’s that noise?” The entire vehicle was vibrating and there was a low
grating sound coming from the engine.
    He grimaced. “I think a bearing is going. Or gone. I have to look at that soon.”
    She had no idea what a bearing going
missing could do to an engine but it sounded bad. “Are you sure this is safe?”
Her brain was starting to work again as she got warmer. She wiggled her toes in
her boots. They were damp, yuck, and had started to tingle painfully.
    “It’s safer than your car,” he said, muscling the vehicle onto the road. Snow went flying past
her window as the wheels spun. He shifted again and the grinding sound eased a
bit.
    Liselle couldn’t think of anything to say, so she closed her eyes and tried
really hard to not think about the fact that they were headed for his place.
Where was she going to sleep? She drifted off to the sound of the engine
rumbling. A few minutes later a jolt woke her.
    “What happened?” she asked, rubbing at her
eyes. She couldn’t believe she’d fallen asleep again.
    “I’m not sure,” he said, shifting. His
thigh flexed. She tried not to stare, but his tight jeans didn’t leave much to
the imagination.
    She grabbed onto the dash as she jerked
her head away, hoping he knew what he was doing. The air coming from the vents
abruptly cut off.
    “Shit,” he muttered. “It better not be the
alternator.” The truck lurched again and he shoved hard at the steering wheel,
turning onto another road that led deeper into the woods.
    “Is this the way to your house?” she
asked, trying to