He didn't know why she had captured his attention so thoroughly--it wasn't something that happened often. But she had and so here he was, in a town that didn't want him when he could have just retreated somewhere he was at least feared.

He waited for Jeremy to head back upstairs, and gave her another smile, coming a little closer. "I am." Whatever came--she wanted to go, and he'd go through with it, even if it got awkward. He'd dealt with far worse than awkward in his life.