THE SAFE GUY 2
~MAYA POV~
We finished the pizza. Liam insisted on walking me home.
He said Queens wasn't safe at night. Which made me laugh because I had lived there my whole life and he looked like he would apologize to a mugger for not carrying enough cash.
The subway ride was long. We sat close. Our knees bumping together with the movement of the train. He smelled like dryer sheets and old paper.
When we got to my stop, the wind was howling. February in New York was cruel. It whipped my hair across my face and stung my eyes, making them water.
"Jesus, it's freezing," Liam shivered, hunching into his denim jacket. "How do you survive this?"
"I don't feel the cold much anymore," I said. It wasn't poetic. It was just true, I was numb.
We walked to my building. The streetlamp outsi
