"Fine. Run away. Will you be back later?" "Call me when your sister's gone." Melanie strolled over just in time to hear his comment. "Don't tell me you're taking off?" "You bet I am." "But I have so many questions for you," Melanie said. "Exactly," he retorted. "Like I told you this morning, ask your sister. I don't kiss and tell." "Then there has been kissing?" Melanie asked, her expression triumphant. She linked an arm through Maggie's. "We definitely have a lot to talk about." Rick chuckled at the scowl Maggie shot in his direction. Better her than him, he thought as he headed for the safety of his room at the bed-and-breakfast. He'd already answered way too many tough questions for one morning. "My, my, looks to me like things are heating up between you and the hunky photographer," Melanie commented as she made herself a cup of tea, then sat at the kitchen table, clearly prepared for a long visit. 126 WHATS COOKING? "Make yourself at home, why don't you?" Maggie grumbled, wondering why anyone had ever thought Rose Cottage was serene.
