INTRUSION (Whitney Holmes Series) (17 page)

After we got off the plane, it was a little easier walking around because all I had was my purse. Danny had his laptop and was guarding it like a bull dog.

We went to TGIF for lunch. The food was okay. I ordered a chicken sandwich and only ate the chicken. The bread tasted funny because of the sauce they put on it.

Danny, the food police, said, “Aren’t you going to eat your bread?”

“It doesn’t taste good,” I said.

“
You should eat it anyway because we might not have time to eat again,” he said.

“
I am getting full anyway,” I said stubbornly.

Danny frowned at me. He didn’t say anything more.

I had had trouble in the past with anorexia and bulimia. I didn’t have those problems now.

After lunch, we hurried to our other plane bound for New Hampshire. In spite of myself, I was looking forward to the snow. I didn’t like it much when I lived there, but we didn’t have snow in California, except in the mountains, so it would be fun to see it again.

Danny had come to see me once in New Hampshire on my birthday. It hadn’t snowed yet, so I asked him if he was excited to see it.

“
My parents have a cabin in Big Bear, remember? I have seen snow,” he said.

“
Oh,” I said. I had forgotten about them having the cabin. I had gone there as a child with my family to visit Danny’s family. I had known Danny all my life. Our families had been friends for years.

We got on the second plane, and I settled in for the two-and-a-half hour flight. I fell asleep almost immediately.

I woke up again when the flight attendant came by with our drinks and peanuts. This plane was smaller, so Danny and I had the aisle to ourselves, and no movie.

After I drank my Coke, it was hard to fall back to sleep. Danny told me to quit fidgeting. We were sitting pretty close to each other, so I guess I was bugging him.

I wondered at the change in Danny. He was usually so attentive and kind, but he sure was grouchy on this trip.

The pilot said we were landing in New Hampshire in twenty minutes. Everyone started to get ready for the plane to touch down. I refastened my seat belt. So did Danny.

We landed with a small thud, and then we were on the runway. I liked it when the plane finally landed. We slowly went to our gate and got hooked up. Everyone on the plane started calling relatives. We didn’t have anyone to call in New Hampshire.

People started getting their luggage out of the overhead bins. Danny got ours down. He handed my purse to me. He kind of thrust it at me. I grabbed it quickly, so it wouldn’t fall.

“Thank you,” I said to him.

“
No problem,” he said.

We waited in line for the people to move. They finally started moving, and we got off the plane.

We had to go to the baggage claim to get our bags. The wait was forever. Finally, our bags came around. I grabbed my bag and put it down, so I could wheel it.

The airport was just like I remembered it, spacious with a lot of light. They have cute displays of moose and giraffes for people to look at. We were renting a car, so we went to the Thrifty Car Rental.

The rental agent representative tried to sell Danny insurance, but he had already purchased some online. The man wasn’t too happy.

We walked over to the garage where the car was parked. It was a nice, white Honda. Danny opened the trunk and put in both of our bags.

We got in the car and started off. We were going to stay at the Residence Inn in Merrimack. I was looking forward to staying there. I had heard good things about the hotel.

The streets had snow piled high by the curbs. Danny drove carefully, not being used to driving in snow.

It took us about a half an hour to get there. Danny knew the way because of all the driving we did when he came to see me when I lived in New Hampshire.

When we arrived, we took our bags and went to the front desk. The man behind the counter was very nice, and he gave us two keys. He showed us where our room was on a map, and we went there.

The buildings were typical of New England, older looking and two story. Fortunately, we were on the bottom floor because I was getting tired of rolling my suitcase.

Danny opened the room, and it was beautiful. It had two beds, a kitchen and a living area. We walked in and sat on the bed. We both sighed. It was nice to get to the place we were going to stay for two weeks.

Danny looked at me and smiled. I smiled back. Maybe he was just nervous about the whole honeymoon thing.

“
Maybe we should unpack since we will be here for a while,” Danny said.

“
Okay,” I said.

I didn’t get up, though. It felt so good to just sit with my legs stretched out in front of me.

Danny looked at me. He frowned. I looked back at him.

“
Did you mean right now?” I asked.

“
Yes,” he said.

I got up. I guess, now that we were married I was the little woman. I didn’t know if I liked that role. I kind of liked it when he waited on me.

I got our bags to the drawers and put our clothes away. I hung up some of the clothes, but there weren’t that many hangers.

Danny turned on the TV. I resented that he expected me to do all the work while he watched TV, but I wasn’t going to make waves on the second day of our marriage. I remembered that Danny’s mom did everything around the house. I hoped he didn’t expect to sit around while I did all the work. If he did, he had another thought coming.

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