Off the Map …. begins at Part One HERE.
Part Fourteen
Just then, Red came around the corner from the kitchen, looking just as beautiful as ever, even with her apron draped over her sweater and slacks outfit. Turning on that winning smile, she asks, “Is a beef roast with potatoes and carrots ok with you?”
“Definitely,” Jimmy responded. “That’s my favorite dish.” He was about to ask her how she knew that, but held back. She seems to already know everything about him. A strange wave of some sort of …. something ran through him.
He was brought back to now when Red starts, “While we’re waiting for dinner to finish, how about an appetizer? I know just what you like…”
Jimmy catches his breath at that. What will be next?
Red holds out her hand and says, “Take my hand, Jimmy. I have your treat upstairs. Come with me.”
With that invitation, Jimmy’s head goes into a spin. He asks himself, “Is this…what? Is it really…?” As he follows her up the stairs and into another cloud of lavender, he knows that he’s going to find out if his dream will be coming true.
Read Part Fifteen HERE.
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