i P
ive windows of the private suite, casting
e. I was tucked securely under a heavy, warm cashmere throw that hadn't been ther
fortable position just to stay close to me. My gaze
gers were now tightly laced together, his large, warm hand holding
hand out of his grasp, hoping not to wake him, but
eyes softened by sleep. A lazy
exy it sent a shiver straight down my spine. "I was wondering when the little coward w
ther to be embarrassed or incredibly flattered. I ya
cold," I stamme
chuckle, standing up and st
y. He pulled open the passenger door of the black Escalade, waiti
e engaged the engine, the V
t with one hand, picked up a pristine, square pink box t
ed out into the early morning Brooklyn traffic. "I don't need my lead designe
tea mille-crêpes. A lump rose in my throat. My mother used to scrape together loose change to b
iled in the center of my che
el relaxed slightly, though he kept
ulled up along the cracked curb in fron
nto park. He turned his head, his s
box on my lap, preparing
w the fro
e door was a massive, ostentatious bouquet of tw
bucks cup, the plastic lid
er of the blooms was
I recognized Brandyn's
ing his cheap, pathetic apology f
the vehicle i
shift from my face to the
turned suffocatingly cold,
't hes
box back to Kurt, who
ed down onto the asphalt, and walk
touch t
ad his sniv
he bouquet with my left hand and t
he Escalade, and stopped beside the large, g
n, I hurled the entire arrangeme
with a wet splash, coffee splatteridumpster slammed shut with
nto the mor
though I had just burned the last five ye
back towa
ss of the driver's sid
pletely vanished, replaced by a slow, approv
a single,
y black truck rumbled away, disappearin
breath of the cold autumn air, and
o my professional suit, and present
as going
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