People came and went with purpose. Andrea with fistfuls of candy, Katherine ensuring my therapy moves were explained properly, Delilah to tut around the apartment and put away everything she now deemed a danger to me. Goodbye Andrea's hard candies and my stiletto collection. Total helicopter sister.
The Falcons came too. Each player with a single flower that I suspected was plucked from a larger bouquet. Cheap yet effective. John brought a simple mason jar vase with him if only to solidify that he was indeed from the south. He dazzled me with a smile and a few sweet words before apologizing for the crowds and shuffling half the team out.
Some of the boys lingered, Garrett peeling the pink starbursts for me and pocketing the orange for himself. The only candy Delilah had left for me. Bret
