10
Cole hadn’t seen Juliette since he had returned to Chicago, and he’d only spoken with her on the phone briefly the day before. The familiar saying, “absence makes the heart grow fonder,” must be true because there was a sense of excitement as he buttoned up his dress shirt and tucked the tails into his pants. It was 6:55 PM and Juliette was always punctual.
Cole buttoned the cuffs as he moved from his bedroom to the tiny kitchen in his apartment and opened the bottle of wine. He paused as he again thought about her declaration of missing him. The sensations he was feeling now, at the prospect of seeing her, must be the same emotion she was feeling. Loneliness, and the possibility of its dissipation.
The knock on his door brought a smile to his face. That expression faltered slightly
