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Levi got a text message from someone partway through their shared meal, and said he had to walk up the hill when they were done rather than going back to his flat. Hayley didn’t ask who or what was “up the hill,” since it felt too much like prying. They might have shared an appetizer and a glass of wine, but it wasn’t as though she was suddenly entitled to learn all his secrets.
So she’d smiled and said that was fine, and would see him tomorrow. And even though she’d only had the one glass of wine, she still felt as though she was floating down Main Street when she went back to Brandon’s place, even after climbing up two flights of steep, narrow stairs.
Still no sign of her brother, which was fine. Hayley wanted some time alone to bask in the afterglow of her time with Levi. He really
