Page 26 of The Girl with No Name

I look up and make eye contact with her, and something happens.

She’s undoubtedly a smokeshow. The jeans and top she’s wearing aren’t ostentatious at all, but they do little to hide some utterly gorgeous curves. Her eyes are a dark shade of brown, and she has a long, thin nose that fits her perfectly. I’m not speechless, normally, but in this moment, I hold eye contact way too long for a guy who recently bought a ring.

“Hi,” she says.

“Uh, hi,” I mumble, then look away, at the lake.

“What’s your name?” her friend, a blonde, interjects.

“I’m Reed.”

“Well, Reed, nice to meet you,” the dark-haired girl says. “You just saved me from being soaked with wine. You’re fast. Can I buy you a drink as a thank you?”

I glance at her two friends, a blonde and a redhead.

“A drink? I don’t even know your name.”

Her friends giggle.

“What’s so funny about that?”

“Oh, do you want to tell him?” the blonde says.

“I’m doing a spiritual-rebirth thing,” the raven-haired girl says. “I don’t have a name right now.”

My brow furrows. “You’re fucking with me. What’s your name?”

She shrugs. “Did I hear you say you guys are going to see Zach Bryan?”

“Uh, stalker much?” I laugh. “And no, we’re not.”

I feel Dunn’s hand slap my shoulder. “Yes, we are. We’re leaving tomorrow,” he overrules. “You a Zach fan?”

She laughs. “Yeah. I am. I love Zach. You could say I’m obsessed. The Red Lemons are pretty great, too.”

Dunn gives me a look that says,Told ya this is gonna be epic.

“I don’t like country music,” I say.

“Have you listened to Zach Bryan?” she asks.

“Not really, no.”

“Interesting. Do you always make judgments without first-hand knowledge?”

“Excuse me?”

The girl pretends like she’s making a note with a pencil in an invisible notebook. “I’ll add that to your file.”

“Yes,” the blonde says. “Put that right next to the massive dad energy I’m getting with the napkin save.”

“What is this, an energy reading?”

“No, I usually charge for those. What sign are you, out of curiosity?” The raven-haired girl asks.

“Scorpio.”

“I knew it!”