GABRIEL
At her grandmother’s bold advice, Kira gulped. I could easily see she was not feeling comfortable.
“I’ll do it as soon as I get the chance.” I said. Then, as she walked by me, I grabbed her arm. “Really, it would be fair if you wanted to go to bed early” I lowered my voice so she could be the only one hearing me.
Kira made her eyes so big I had to lean right in front of her so her family wouldn’t notice. She was giving herself away.
“With you?” She asked, shocked in a relatively treble voice.
“Keep your voice down,” I whispered close to her ear.
Indeed, with me, do you see any man around? I wanted to tell her.
Why did she find every aspect of this complicated? After all, that was her crazy plan.
Making the best of it was all I was doing.
I pushed her ahead, and across the
