But uncertainty held her silent. Garrett had just told her mother and two other witnesses—one of whom was his mother—that they were officially courting. Not that he’d had any choice in the matter. They’d been caught kissing. No turning back. It was one thing to continue the ruse for Mrs. Singletary’s sake, quite another to lie to their own mothers. They would have to play this pretense out in front of their families, and anyone else in their immediate acquaintance. All things considered, Garrett seemed awfully complacent over the direction their “pretend” courtship had just taken. In fact, he appeared highly pleased with himself, as if this moment had been part of some master plan of his. The smug grin on his face reminded her of a time when his mother had caught him teaching Molly how to wield a slingshot on her eleventh birthday. He hadn’t been the least deterred when she’d scolded him.
