“So,” she whispered, just loud enough to be heard over the distant jazz music coming in through the open kitchen window. “Are you going to resist me in the future?”
“I don’t know why I was dumb enough to try the first time. Your slightest whim is my command.”
“Well, there is this flower that only grows in ancient Tibet—”
Joshua groaned, “I’ll wager that going there will not turn me into Batman, which is a pity. I’ve always lusted after his car.”
Melanie rewarded him with a kiss atop his head for understanding her joke. She’d gone to the movie to see Christian Bale, he was ever so enjoyable to look at. She used to do that, make obscure comments, but no one ever understood. It made people uncomfortable, including her. But Joshua kept getting her obscure jokes. One more piece of herself t
