Chapter 163

"I don't know why you dragged me out with you tonight," Percy grumped. "In my day we didn't want chaperones on a date."

Hannah tucked her arm more firmly in his, both as a means of keeping him from turning back to the truck and to help him navigate the uneven terrain of the gravel drive up to the big barn of Applewhite Farms.

Ryan trailed a pace behind, on Percy's other side, ready to steady him if he stumbled. "We don't need a chaperone."

"Then you're doing this date thing all wrong."

She snorted with laughter and popped him lightly on the arm. "Percy!"

"Well, you are," he insisted, but a smile hovered at the edge of his thin lips as he glanced over at her.