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paper bag in his left hand. My heart rate speeds up and I know it’s
because I’m hoping he’s running after me to apologize. To say he
wasn’t teasing and that he really is glad to have me on the team.
Ha!
“Here,” he says, handing me the paper bag. “Aunt Lili didn’t want
you to leave without your bougatsa.”
I stare at the bag. Why did my heart have to get its hopes up?
“Thanks,” I mumble. “But we didn’t pay for this.”
When I try to give the bag back he waves me off. “Lili wants you
to have it.” He dips his head a little so he’s looking into my eyes.
“She says you have excellent taste in pastry.”
“Really?”
He nods, smiling just a tiny bit. I almost miss it.
“Tell her thank you,” Mom says, breaking that momentary connection
between me and Griffin.
He looks up at her, his eyes wide like he’d forgotten she was even
here. “Sure,” he says. That polite smile returns. “No problem.”
Without another word, he turns and runs back up the street.
“He seems like a nice young man,” Mom says, watching him
retreat.
“Yeah,” I say. “If you catch him on a good day.”
Too bad he doesn’t have many.
“You’re not wearing that,” Nicole says the second she walks in my
room. “Fuzzy gray sweats will send Griffin into Adara’s arms—not
yours.”
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