Autumn felt twenty pounds lighter, like she may actually be able to take the next step without a heart attack along the way. She moved to the counter to open a second bottle of wine. The effects of the first bottle was settling into her fingertips, making the task of popping a cork much more complicated than it needed to be. Just as a pop of the cork sounded so did a rrriiiipppp. Autumn"s heart sank to her toes. Very slowly and with eyes wide she turned around to look at him. Words stuck in her throat, she was rendered speechless. He"d done it, the box was opened.
poprrriiiipppp.“First of all,” he proclaimed, “don"t raise your eyebrows at me. Second, you brought me up here for a reason, and it wasn"t just to talk, right?”
“Yeah.” She whispered, after clearing the surprised knot from her
