Chapter 291: Christian

True, but that's hardly common knowledge, now is it?

~Westley in The Princess Bride

He was going to show Carla his piece-of-shit single-wide, and then they could talk about crappy housing. Hers was crowded and small, sure, but it was also cute. Everything Carla touched was cute.

His single-wide was not cute. It was many things, but "cute" was not on that list.

He couldn't look at Carla, even as he clung desperately to her hand. What if he looked at her, and he broke, and he turned around and headed back to town? He'd promised her that he'd show her his, if she'd show him hers. He couldn't break his promise.

But showing his piece-of-shit single-wide to her was...

Terrifying.

Yeah. That.

Because there was no way she'd want to date him after this. Of course, there was no way she'd want to date him if he broke his word, either.

He felt a sheen of cold sweat cover his body.