13 FINN Five days had gone by since I’d gotten engaged to Cecile. Five days since I had felt her lips on mine. Yet, my lips still tingled every time I thought about that kiss. My heart had done flips inside my chest the moment our lips had touched. An inferno began, and it was still burning deep inside of me. I didn’t want to admit it, nor could I say it out loud, but I had never felt anything like that in my entire life. And that scares the hell out of me. Warm rays of sunshine poured over me from the domed glass ceiling as I lounged in the sunroom. Along with the dozens of plants in the room, I, too, loved to take in the sunshine. It rejuvenated me — and God knew that I needed some rejuvenation. My life had changed drastically in the last few months. And it seemed that more and mor

