15With his expression so serious he was actually almost frowning, which alarmed me a bit, Jim came over to where I stood at the island and took my face in his hands. “I have to tell you something. I love you, Avery. I think I have for a good little while now, but sometimes I let things rattle around in my head a while before I act on whatever it is that I’m thinking, or say whatever it is that I’m thinking. But then once I do decide to do it or say it, I feel like I don’t want to wait, and that’s what just happened to me in the shower of all places. I just realized that I love you, and I didn’t want to wait any longer to say it. I love you, Avery.”
With my heart swelling and my eyes a little misty, I covered his hands with my own, smiling. “I love you, too, Jim, and like you with me, I th
