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news.”
She looked behind her and saw a couple staring. She shook her head and bit the side of her cheek. “ Goodnight.”
“You’re right. Everything you said was right.” He agreed. Mike was drenched. Bone soaking drenched. If he was going to be drenched for the rest of the night, he was going to make the field trip outside worthwhile. He needed to amend his slip of tongue for Cass, not for Raleigh.
“I had no place to say the things I did and I’m sorry. I’m honestly sorry. I wouldn’t be standing in the middle of a thunderstorm apologizing if I didn’t mean it.” It was the truth, even if he had an ulterior motive. “Come back to dinner. My daughter will hold a permanent grudge against me if you don’t. She idolizes you.”
“You clearly don’t want her to.” Raleigh hated that his opinion meant something to her. She’d never properly met the man. His words should mean nothing. There had been worse said about her by far better people.
Mike hesitated.
“I’ll keep an open mind. I hope you can do the same and forgive my indiscretions.” He smiled temptingly.
The sound of rain pounding on the cement broke the utter silence between them.
“Tell her to come by the garage tomorrow. I’ll give her a tour.”
“You’d do that?” Wow.
“Call the office and they’ll make arrangements.”
“Thank you.” Mike was surprised by the offer. Floored to be more precise.
Raleigh sat in the Audi and it revved to life. Mike walked hurried back to the restaurant. He towed himself off in the restroom then walked back to the table. When he came back to the table alone, he wasn’t warmly welcomed by Cass’s hostile body language.
“She isn’t coming back.”
He slid into the booth; his drenched pants squeaked across the pleather seat.
“Better. She’s invited you to the team garage tomorrow.”
“Shut up! You’re not serious!”
*****
“ He doesn’t like me.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, he doesn’t even know you.” Jen brushed her teeth on the other end of the line.
“He’s seen me on the news, so he knows it all.”
“Raleigh...”
“What?”
Jen sighed deeply.
“Don’t be so sensitive. You live a public life. People only see the side of you the press show them. To the people that matter, we know that’s not you. And if he knew the truth, he wouldn’t think that either. Maybe you should, I don’t know, tell him the truth.”
“He knows a version of the truth.”
“You, my girl, should have been a lawyer.” A male voice echoed in the background. “Jack just got home so I’ll talk to you tomorrow.”
“I see where I stand.”
“ Mhm, behind Jack’s firm behind.”
Raleigh laughed. “Talk to you later.”
*****
When they returned to the hotel Cass was a non-stop chatterbox. Raleigh’s promise had turned her into a giddy little girl. Mike wasn’t as excited. They’d come to see Jen, not the bad girl race car driver.
“I still can’t believe it. I don’t. I mean, thank you. I don’t know what you said to her so she would give us a tour, but wow.” She sat on the foot of his bed, Mike was deep in thought. “What are you looking at?”
Mike ticked away on Cass’s netbook.
“Doing a little research.”
“Yeah.” Cass knew what he was researching. “I’m going to bed. Don’t stay up all night investigating.”
“I’ll try.” He smiled at her.
“Night.” Cass walked out of his bedroom to hers.
He typed her name into Google and results flooded back:
Team Irving Driver Dawson Hospitalized For Alcohol Poisoning; Dawson Fires Fourth Co-Driver; Irving Places Dawson On Six Month Probation; Pennsylvania Bar Reports Brawl Involving Raleigh Jo Dawson; Dawson Comes Back For Win
She looked behind her and saw a couple staring. She shook her head and bit the side of her cheek. “ Goodnight.”
“You’re right. Everything you said was right.” He agreed. Mike was drenched. Bone soaking drenched. If he was going to be drenched for the rest of the night, he was going to make the field trip outside worthwhile. He needed to amend his slip of tongue for Cass, not for Raleigh.
“I had no place to say the things I did and I’m sorry. I’m honestly sorry. I wouldn’t be standing in the middle of a thunderstorm apologizing if I didn’t mean it.” It was the truth, even if he had an ulterior motive. “Come back to dinner. My daughter will hold a permanent grudge against me if you don’t. She idolizes you.”
“You clearly don’t want her to.” Raleigh hated that his opinion meant something to her. She’d never properly met the man. His words should mean nothing. There had been worse said about her by far better people.
Mike hesitated.
“I’ll keep an open mind. I hope you can do the same and forgive my indiscretions.” He smiled temptingly.
The sound of rain pounding on the cement broke the utter silence between them.
“Tell her to come by the garage tomorrow. I’ll give her a tour.”
“You’d do that?” Wow.
“Call the office and they’ll make arrangements.”
“Thank you.” Mike was surprised by the offer. Floored to be more precise.
Raleigh sat in the Audi and it revved to life. Mike walked hurried back to the restaurant. He towed himself off in the restroom then walked back to the table. When he came back to the table alone, he wasn’t warmly welcomed by Cass’s hostile body language.
“She isn’t coming back.”
He slid into the booth; his drenched pants squeaked across the pleather seat.
“Better. She’s invited you to the team garage tomorrow.”
“Shut up! You’re not serious!”
*****
“ He doesn’t like me.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, he doesn’t even know you.” Jen brushed her teeth on the other end of the line.
“He’s seen me on the news, so he knows it all.”
“Raleigh...”
“What?”
Jen sighed deeply.
“Don’t be so sensitive. You live a public life. People only see the side of you the press show them. To the people that matter, we know that’s not you. And if he knew the truth, he wouldn’t think that either. Maybe you should, I don’t know, tell him the truth.”
“He knows a version of the truth.”
“You, my girl, should have been a lawyer.” A male voice echoed in the background. “Jack just got home so I’ll talk to you tomorrow.”
“I see where I stand.”
“ Mhm, behind Jack’s firm behind.”
Raleigh laughed. “Talk to you later.”
*****
When they returned to the hotel Cass was a non-stop chatterbox. Raleigh’s promise had turned her into a giddy little girl. Mike wasn’t as excited. They’d come to see Jen, not the bad girl race car driver.
“I still can’t believe it. I don’t. I mean, thank you. I don’t know what you said to her so she would give us a tour, but wow.” She sat on the foot of his bed, Mike was deep in thought. “What are you looking at?”
Mike ticked away on Cass’s netbook.
“Doing a little research.”
“Yeah.” Cass knew what he was researching. “I’m going to bed. Don’t stay up all night investigating.”
“I’ll try.” He smiled at her.
“Night.” Cass walked out of his bedroom to hers.
He typed her name into Google and results flooded back:
Team Irving Driver Dawson Hospitalized For Alcohol Poisoning; Dawson Fires Fourth Co-Driver; Irving Places Dawson On Six Month Probation; Pennsylvania Bar Reports Brawl Involving Raleigh Jo Dawson; Dawson Comes Back For Win
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