“Good to know,” Jake said, pressing a kiss right behind my ear. I ran a hand over his arm where he had it wrapped against my chest. Archie glanced up from the phone, then met my gaze and smiled.
“National Museum of Funeral History? Nah. Here we go, the Creation Evidence Museum, it’s right next door to Dinosaur Valley State Park.”
Laughter rolled through Jake and shook me as I grinned.
“That brings us down to—the West of Pecos Museum, where they have an actual animatronic bartender.”
“A little tooWestworld,” I suggested, and Archie made a face.
“Only if they have the hot saloon chicks, too.” Then he paused and glanced at me. “But we’d have you, so we don’t need their hot chicks.”
“Nice save,” Jake murmured. “Idiot.”
And I laughed.
“Ha!” Archie held up a hand. “Got it—the Munster Mansion in Waxahachie. Look.” He showed us the picture. “These people completely designed the house to be the Munster mansion from the old show.”
That show was ancient, and it used to be on TVLand when we were little.
“What do you think? Which one qualifies for your weird museum date?”
“Yeah?” Jake asked, stroking his fingers lightly against my collarbone. “Which one?”
“Um… maybe we can just—skip the weird museum date.”
“Nope,” he said. “No can do. You wanted the full dating experience. That list says weird museum date, we gotta pick one.”
“You liked the salt one. And Archie likes the Munsters.”
“I like the fact it’s a long drive and I get you alone in a car,” Archie teased, and I rolled my eyes.
“Huh… not if we all go.”
“If we all go, it doesn’t count as a date,” Archie retaliated.
“Karaoke counted,” I pointed out. “So you guys ask Coop and Ian, and I’ll let you four pick, as long as it isn’t toilet seats or roaches.” I shuddered.
“Fair enough,” Jake said. “What’s next?”
I lifted my phone, and there was a message from Ian on it.
Ian:Hey, just checking on you.
I flippedfrom the webpage to his text message to answer.
I’m okay.With Archie and Jake at Archie’s. Had to get out of apt.
After I hit send,I considered it a moment, then added:
Thank you for asking.Are you okay?
Almost at once,Archie and Jake’s phones buzzed. “Busted,” Jake said, and he eased me forward to pull out his own phone.
There was a group text on his screen, cause it saidguys.
And Coop’s name popped up.
Bubba:Sharon didn’t take down pics. No one told me they got Frankie.