Home Sweet Home?

“The neighborhood looks good,” Rafe said as they drove down the beautiful leafy suburb.

Talia felt little butterflies of excitement flutter in her belly. She’d waited a long time for this. She was finally going to own her own home! Yes, she would be paying the mortgage for the next fifteen years but it was the best deal out of all the places she’d looked. And this house… it just spoke to her.

“Right there!” she pointed out excitedly on his side. “The house with the big tree in the front lawn.”

Rafe’s head turned to follow her finger then he looked at her with an amused smile. “You’re pretty excited,” he said, his lips pulling higher to expose his teeth.

She nodded, bouncing in her seat. “Like a fat kid on her way to a candy store.”

He chuckled softly with a slow shake of his head. “An apt analogy.”

He pulled into the driveway that had a bea