CHAPTER 33Kira jumped up in surprise and glanced at the clock on the computer. Five o’clock.
“s**t!” she exclaimed. She stashed the headset and ran over to the intercom. The Enchanted Forest, no matter how intriguing, would have to wait. “Who is it?”
“It’s Jim,” came Jim’s voice over the speaker. Kira pressed the button to let him in the front door of the apartment building and then yanked her apartment door open.
“Wow,” Jim said, “you got rid of the pizza cartons.” He looked good in casual clothes. He held out a bouquet of flowers.
“Very funny,” she said, scooping the flowers out of his hands and smelling them. “I knew I’d have to clean off the couch at least.”
“So, I see,” he said. “Hopefully, not just for me?”
“No,” she said. “But how about if we pretended I did?” She paused as sh
