attraction he felt whenever he was around her. He couldn’t help but want to touch her.
“Yep. Just let me grab my purse and I’ll be ready to go.”
Cody waited for her by the front door, not trusting himself to follow her up the stairs. They might have caught the sunrise the next morning, but he was certain they’d never make it out of the house to watch the sunset tonight.
When Ryan reached the bottom of the stairs, Cody took her hand and walked her out to the truck. He hadn’t turned off the ignition, yet another reason following Ryan upstairs would have been a bad idea, and country music was coming through the windows.
“For such a Bon Jovi fan, you sure listen to a lot of country music,” Ryan said as she jumped into the cab.
Cody closed her door and walked around to the other side to jump in. “I’d like to think I’m pretty open to what I listen to, but I’ve been on a country kick lately. Besides, I figured you wouldn’t mind.”
“Oh, no, I’m fine with it. I like this song.” They smiled at each other as Cody put the truck in reverse and backed out of the driveway.
“How was your day? It sounds like you hit a good spot on your project,” Ryan said, genuinely interested.
“I did. I was stuck on a bit of code that hadn’t been working and I finally found the bug.”
“Don’t you love it when that happens?” Ryan asked excitedly. “I mean, it sucks when it’s happening, but it’s so gratifying when you finally figure out the problem.”
Cody laughed. Not many people really understood what it was like to program. The logic involved. The many different ways the task could be handled, and that what was programmed could affect other portions of the program. The fact that accidentally typing a colon instead of a semicolon could be detrimental to the entire project and take hours to find.
“I’m glad you get it. Not many people do.”
Ryan smiled as Cody took her left hand in his right.
“And how was your day? Did you enjoy having the day off?” Cody asked.
“I did! I had lunch with Abby,” Ryan said.
“I heard. How is she?”
“How did you know?”
“Mac,” they said together and started laughing.
“Of course,” Ryan said with a smile. “I should have known.”
“She likes to keep everyone in the know, whether they want to be or not.”
“Sounds like you guys have a pretty close relationship.”
“I guess you could say that. Mac is probably the best thing that ever happened to Riley, and I’m happy for him. And she’s been a pretty great sister-in-law. In fact, they’ve been together for so long, it’s kind of like she’s just my sister, minus the whole ‘in-law’ part.”
“That’s really cool. I don’t get to spend a lot of time with Paige and her husband, but we aren’t really that close.”
“That’s too bad,” Cody said, not really wanting to talk about Paige, but it wasn’t like he could change the subject either. He was going to have to tell Ryan what happened eventually. Just not tonight.
“They live in San Francisco now. Her husband, Justin, is one of the trainers for the Niners, and Paige is a partner at her law firm.”
“Wow, that’s pretty impressive.” He saw the opportunity to change the subject and took it. “How does that work when the Niners play the Panthers?”
“Umm, no offense, but I could not care less about the Panthers. Now the Packers, they’re a different story.”
Cody came to a stop at the light and turned his head to look at Ryan in shock. “Seriously? The Packers?” He had just found the first thing wrong with the woman.
“What about them?” Ryan felt herself get defensive.
“How long have you lived in Charlotte? How could you root for anyone but the Panthers?”
“I grew up in Wisconsin, remember? No matter where I live, I will always, always , be a Packers fan. Green and gold, baby!”
“Wow. And here I thought you were shaping up to be the perfect woman,” Cody said with a sly grin on his
“Yep. Just let me grab my purse and I’ll be ready to go.”
Cody waited for her by the front door, not trusting himself to follow her up the stairs. They might have caught the sunrise the next morning, but he was certain they’d never make it out of the house to watch the sunset tonight.
When Ryan reached the bottom of the stairs, Cody took her hand and walked her out to the truck. He hadn’t turned off the ignition, yet another reason following Ryan upstairs would have been a bad idea, and country music was coming through the windows.
“For such a Bon Jovi fan, you sure listen to a lot of country music,” Ryan said as she jumped into the cab.
Cody closed her door and walked around to the other side to jump in. “I’d like to think I’m pretty open to what I listen to, but I’ve been on a country kick lately. Besides, I figured you wouldn’t mind.”
“Oh, no, I’m fine with it. I like this song.” They smiled at each other as Cody put the truck in reverse and backed out of the driveway.
“How was your day? It sounds like you hit a good spot on your project,” Ryan said, genuinely interested.
“I did. I was stuck on a bit of code that hadn’t been working and I finally found the bug.”
“Don’t you love it when that happens?” Ryan asked excitedly. “I mean, it sucks when it’s happening, but it’s so gratifying when you finally figure out the problem.”
Cody laughed. Not many people really understood what it was like to program. The logic involved. The many different ways the task could be handled, and that what was programmed could affect other portions of the program. The fact that accidentally typing a colon instead of a semicolon could be detrimental to the entire project and take hours to find.
“I’m glad you get it. Not many people do.”
Ryan smiled as Cody took her left hand in his right.
“And how was your day? Did you enjoy having the day off?” Cody asked.
“I did! I had lunch with Abby,” Ryan said.
“I heard. How is she?”
“How did you know?”
“Mac,” they said together and started laughing.
“Of course,” Ryan said with a smile. “I should have known.”
“She likes to keep everyone in the know, whether they want to be or not.”
“Sounds like you guys have a pretty close relationship.”
“I guess you could say that. Mac is probably the best thing that ever happened to Riley, and I’m happy for him. And she’s been a pretty great sister-in-law. In fact, they’ve been together for so long, it’s kind of like she’s just my sister, minus the whole ‘in-law’ part.”
“That’s really cool. I don’t get to spend a lot of time with Paige and her husband, but we aren’t really that close.”
“That’s too bad,” Cody said, not really wanting to talk about Paige, but it wasn’t like he could change the subject either. He was going to have to tell Ryan what happened eventually. Just not tonight.
“They live in San Francisco now. Her husband, Justin, is one of the trainers for the Niners, and Paige is a partner at her law firm.”
“Wow, that’s pretty impressive.” He saw the opportunity to change the subject and took it. “How does that work when the Niners play the Panthers?”
“Umm, no offense, but I could not care less about the Panthers. Now the Packers, they’re a different story.”
Cody came to a stop at the light and turned his head to look at Ryan in shock. “Seriously? The Packers?” He had just found the first thing wrong with the woman.
“What about them?” Ryan felt herself get defensive.
“How long have you lived in Charlotte? How could you root for anyone but the Panthers?”
“I grew up in Wisconsin, remember? No matter where I live, I will always, always , be a Packers fan. Green and gold, baby!”
“Wow. And here I thought you were shaping up to be the perfect woman,” Cody said with a sly grin on his
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