Reese wandered through the apartment with her beer and talked with a roomful of strangers. After about an hour, Hunter and his band started playing music, and they were good. Although Reese worried about feeling weird at the party, she was having fun. Everyone was friendly. It was probably the free-flowing alcohol, but Reese didn’t care.
Adam checked on her repeatedly. He was cute, the way he worried about whether she was having a good time. While she talked with some guys, she felt Adam watching her, so she smiled at him to let him know she was fine. Even as the conversation around her continued, she stared at Adam drawing on another woman. She couldn’t tell what the design was, but it was small.
The woman squealed and kissed Adam on the cheek. He shied away from her touch, which gave R
