6 Bob stepped aside to avoid yet another college student on an electric scooter. Since when had those become a thing? He didn’t understand it—why couldn’t they just walk to class like he had when he had gone to school? Was exercise out of fashion, or was everyone in just too much of a rush to get where they were going? He thought of electric scooters inundating Amor and an involuntary shudder traveled down his spine. He turned to Debbie to get her opinion about the scooters, but two things stopped him. First, he remembered the new rule about keeping their conversations to business-only topics. But it was the second thing that made not only him but also his breath come to a standstill. It was the look on her face as her gaze moved across the college campus—her eyes so full of wonder and

