"Your brother is very cute," she said against his lips. "I'm going to take him home and beat the shit out of him." It made her giggle to hear that. "Would you two like to go for a ride tomorrow?" she asked. "We have another good riding horse. A beautiful Appaloosa named Shasta. All spotty and gentle." "I don't want him to go anywhere with us." "Luke," she scolded. "Seriously. I want him out of here. I have things to do with you." He shrugged his shoulders. "Riding and beers and dinner and...stuff." "You better be patient," she said. "How patient?" he asked. She gave him a peck on the lips. "How long will Sean be here?" "Seriously, I'm going to kill him and hide the body." "How long?" she demanded, though she smiled. "He says a few days. But he doesn't know about his impending murder." "How about tomorrow morning? After it warms up a little bit. Come to my house and we'll ride along the river." "Is that what you really want?" "I think it would be very neighborly of me." He sighed. "All right. But don't laugh at his jokes. It makes me crazy."