Summary

Chapter 7 opens with Rylee finishing a shift at The House and looking forward to two days off. Someone knocks on the door and it is Colton, who continues to insist that Rylee owes him a date. She struggles to control her extreme attraction to him, then she sees Zander, who still has not spoken or shown any reaction to anything, slowly approaching them, apparently recognizing the famous race car driver. Colton bends down to talk to the boy, eliciting his first smile and handshake. He says that if Rylee will go on a date with him, he will take Zander and all the boys to the track with him, and she is so impressed with the miracle he has wrought that she agrees to go out with him as soon as her shift ends. Before they leave, Colton goes over to Zander and...