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“About what?”
“Me and the military.”
Allison shrugged. “Not really.”
Anson released his breath. “She blames you.”
Allison wasn’t worried. Cherry could blame her, for all she cared.
“The military’s my way out, Allison,” he said as if he needed to explain his motivation. “Without it I wouldn’t have a chance of getting an education. Cherry doesn’t seem to grasp that.”
“I know.” Anxious to leave now, she tugged at Anson’s hand. “Come on, let’s go.”
They both climbed into the car and Allison left the trailer park. She drove cautiously to avoid the kids and dogs playing in the dusty roads.
“Is your family expecting us right away?” Anson asked.
“I … I suppose. Why?”
He sent her a quick, secretive smile. “Can we go to the waterfront for a moment?”
“Sure. Anywhere in particular?”
A slow, happy grin spread across his face. “Somewhere private.”
Allison did take her eyes off the road then. She knew a good place down Lighthouse Road and went in that direction. The tide was out, so she pulled onto a stony area near the beach, glancing around to make sure it was as deserted as she’d expected it to be.
There was no one around.
Anson got out of the car and Allison did, too. When he joined her, he took her hand; together they walked the short distance to the water. A log had drifted up onto the shore and they stepped over it, making their way along the pebble beach. A pair of long-legged herons waded in the shallow water and seagulls cawed overhead.
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