“Well,” she whispered.
“Well,” I repeated.
“That’s going to complicate things.”
“Probably.”
“Daniel is going to be unbearable.”
“He already is.”
She laughed and kissed me again.
And for the first time, neither of us pulled away out of fear.
Michael Returns With One Last Threat
For a few weeks, we kept things quiet.
Not secret.
There was a difference.
We weren’t hiding our relationship out of shame. We simply wanted time to understand what we were building before inviting the rest of the world to have an opinion. Daniel knew.
Karen’s sister knew.
A handful of close friends knew.
Michael, however, learned about us in the least peaceful way possible.
He showed up at Second Chapter on a Wednesday afternoon.
Karen was arranging a display near the front window when the bell above the door rang.
She looked up.
Her expression changed immediately.
“Michael.”
He walked inside wearing an expensive coat and the familiar expression he used whenever he wanted to appear reasonable.
