It’s beautiful,” I yelled, leaning up to Caleb’s ear so he’d hear me.
“I’d hoped you’d like it!” he said. At that moment, he looked so joyful that it took my breath away. I’d never thought of men as being beautiful before, but Caleb truly was.
Far too soon, the helicopter landed on the roof of another building and we got out.
We got into another elevator and, rather than ask him where we were going, I just let things come as they may.
The elevator stopped and the doors opened to a Halloween party. It was dark but for the flashing strobe lights and everyone was dancing, many of them in costumes. We stepped off and Caleb pulled something from inside his jacket, handing it to me.
It was a black mask made of stiff lace and decorated in pearls. “Wow, it’s lovely! Thank you.”
He pulled out
