Chapter 19“What I really want,” I replied. “Is for someone to hold me again. But... what I don’t want is for someone to replace him... but... maybe to do all the things he use to do... for me... make me feel the way he made me feel.”
I turned my eyes to her and she bobbed her head up and down in silent agreement.
There was a long period of silence between us, when she finally cleared her throat saying, “Wanna dance?”
Startled, I slowly raised my eyes and found her smiling from ear to ear. She nudged her head toward the middle of the room.
“C’mon,” she said, wiggling her eyebrows.
I chuckled, replying with a long sigh, “Oh God...”
Gayle poked at my shoulder.
“Oh, c’mon,” she said with a laugh. “It’s not like I bite or anything. It’ll be fun.”
But before I could say anything more, sh
