"While we're in town, I want my toothbrush."

"We'll swing by your house on the way back." It was on the tip of his tongue to say home, but he stopped himself. It wasn't their home, or even his home.

He took the steering wheel and backed out of the diner. There were people already there eating breakfast in the morning.

"If you try anything in here other than the pleasure of my company, you'll be with Derek within the hour."

"I won't do anything."

Questions again. He wondered what she would have ...