Although Angela’s text hadn’t been completely unexpected, Levi did wish it had come through just a little later. If it had, maybe then he would have had the chance to walk Hayley home, to say a proper goodbye. As it was, he’d only been able to hurriedly reaffirm their lunch plans for the following day before he headed up the hill to the big Victorian house that was the prima’s residence while she was here in Jerome.
And what do you think would have happened if you had been able to take Hayley home? he asked himself as he trudged up the steep incline. No street in Jerome was perfectly flat, but the one that led up to Paradise Lane and Angela’s house was more sharply pitched than most. Do you think she would have invited you inside? Kissed you good evening?
Probably not. It was her first d
