His intense observation did not go unnoticed. Once Neil had the wheelchair loaded in the trunk and took a seat behind the wheel, Emmanuel said, “My issue isn’t a spinal cord injury, so I do still have some use of my legs. They just aren’t very reliable.”
“You don’t seem the type to let that slow you down,” Neil replied honestly.
“Not anymore, but it was quite an adjustment. I simply go about things in a different way,” Emmanuel said as he stroked the content yawning feline on his lap. “Life is still the same game it always was. I just have to play it by different rules.”
“Have I mentioned how much you’re growing on me?” Neil asked.
“No, but the flirting and invitation to travel might have said it for you.”
Neil was tempted to take the aforementioned flirting to the next level but thou
