SIX MONTHS LATER
“You have the ring?” he asked Tesla for probably the fifth time.
“I have it, Maine,” she said without looking away from the window.
He was so nervous, but he couldn’t wait another day. He’d already put off his proposal a few times now because of nerves, and he wasn’t doing it again. Christmas would be here soon, and he wanted to celebrate with his fiancée.
“All right,” he said, pulling up to the office building that had a huge Petals & Leis sign above it.
Orchid had put in her two weeks notice and today was her last day at the company. In January, she started back to school full-time. Maine’s season had ended, and the Orca’s hadn’t made the playoffs for a fourth year in a row. He wasn’t surprised, actually. They had some good new blood coming in, and maybe next
