Chapter 12
The phone rang early the next morning as Marie made a pot of coffee. She hadn’t slept well, even though she was tired when she got to her apartment. All the thoughts of the night before kept going through her head.
She answered the phone.
“Hi, it’s Jackie. I’m just checking to see if you got home okay.”
Marie chuckled. “Yes, I’m fine. How are you?”
“I’m okay, but a little confused. What happened last night? Did I say something wrong?”
“No, no,” Marie insisted. “I guess I was more tired than I thought.”
“Oh. I was worried.”
“No, everything was all right.”
“That’s good,” Jackie said.
“Did you see the ads are out? There are buses all over the city with us kissing.”
“You saw them? How do they look?”
“Well, it looks like we’re really kissing. I think the ads look good. Th
