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the evening."
    "I keep telling you - you didn't. Bunny did. No one is mad at you."
    Then Polly sat straight up. "I didn't tell you what happened this morning! I had to call Aaron."
    Henry groaned. "I'd have heard about a dead body. What happened?"
    "This guy showed up who knew Dad in college and he needs my help finding his runaway daughter."
    Henry pulled back. "He needs your help? How do you plan to manage that with a party and a honeymoon?" He raised the right side of his upper lip and growled. "You aren't going to try to talk me out of this trip again, are you?"
    "No, I won't do that. At least I hope not. That's why I called Aaron. Hopefully Anita finds enough information so they can track the girl down."
    " Good." He breathed a sigh of relief. "How did he find you?"
    Polly told him everything she knew about Curt Locke and his daughter, ending by saying that the man was staying at Sycamore House until they knew something more.
    "I swear, Polly," Henry said. "They come out of nowhere to find you. I don't understand how this happens."
    She chuckled. "I keep telling people that it isn't my fault."
    "It might not be your fault, but I'm beginning to wonder if you weren't implanted with a rescue magnet."
    "But you love that about me, right?"
    Henry reached across and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her against him. "I love everything about you. Now, have you calmed down enough to be able to sleep?"
    "I'm almost there," she grinned. "I might need a little more attention from you, though."
    "But there are people sleeping right next door," he said in a stage whisper.
    "I know how you insulated these walls. And I promise to be quiet."
    "You're a bad girl, Polly Giller."
    "You said you loved everything about me. Were you lying?"
    "Not at all."

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER FIVE

     
    "Are you awake? Do you smell that?" Henry whispered to Polly the next morning.
    "What? Smell what?" She turned over and pulled the sheet over her head. "I don't want to smell anything. Let me sleep."
    "Somebody's cooking in your kitchen," he said in a singsong voice. "Don't you think you should find out who?"
    "I don't care. I don't have to get up today. Eliseo told me that it was the beginning of my vacation and I didn't need to come to the barn or do anything." Polly growled from beneath the sheet. "Why won't anyone ever let me just sleep in?"
    Henry peeled the sheet back and grinned down at her. "You're the one who invited your girlfriends to stay here rather than rent them a room in Boone."
    When he leaned over to kiss her, Polly licked his lips instead. "It's not my fault the inspectors haven't sent the certification for the rooms over at Sycamore Inn." She pulled the sheet back over her head and whined, "I just want to sleep in one morning. Just one morning." Then she sat up. "You and Nate aren't going to let us sleep late this week either, are you? You're going to make me get up early every morning so we can drive somewhere else."
    "There's no air conditioning in the T-bird, honey. You'll want to get up early. We'll get off the road and into an air conditioned hotel room every afternoon before you turn into a beast."
    "Why didn't we just go to a resort in Cancun or something?" Polly felt a full-blown whine coming on.
    "I offered. You told me you'd be bored on a beach. This was your idea."
    "Hmph," she groaned and swung her legs to the side of the bed. "It's your job to tell me when I have bad ideas. You're supposed to love me that much."
    Obiwan jumped to the floor, wagging his tail and the cats followed suit.
    "I love you more than that," Henry said, laughing. "I love you enough to save my own skin."
    Polly tossed her pillow at him and stood up, then put her robe on. "Do I look presentable enough?" she asked.
    "You're my pretty Polly, no matter what you look like."
    "That's not the right answer, but thank you. Can I go out there looking like this?"
    "Yes. You're fine. A little messy, but you did just wake up and it is still early.