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The air seems cold, bereft.
Is Dejonae feeling shy after the night we spent together? Or is it something more?
“Here.” She appears in front of me and holds out my shirt.
I wrap my arms around her instead. Holding her close, I breathe in the scent ofus,a musky essence baked into her skin and hair.
My heart senses that something is off.
But perhaps now is not the best time to pry it out of her. I am worried about Niko and conscious of the time. My duties for the day are demanding my attention. I have a meeting with the president of the local school for the deaf. I need to prepare for an inspection of the MTBs that are set to arrive soon.
Even knowing that I must leave, I cannot let her go.
Dejonae’s arms remain lax at her sides. She does not hug me back.
I kiss her on the forehead. Once. Twice.
Reluctantly, I pull away and walk to the door though every molecule in my body wishes to stay.
Unacceptable.
I will have to marry her soon so that there is no need to part in the morning.
“I met Ashanti downstairs,” Dejonae says abruptly.
A sense of doom rattles through me.
This conversation will not end well.
I look into Dejonae’s wide, pretty brown eyes and all I can think about is how to defend myself.
“She wants to get back together with you.” Something flickers in her expression. “Did you know that?”
I hesitate. “I did.”
“You did.” Her eyes narrow.
The silence fills the space between us, creating a gulf that I am desperate to scale.
“Why did you go down to meet her alone?”
“She asked to see me.”
“You should have told me.”
“That’s not really the issue, Sazuki,” she snaps.
My shoulders tense on impact.
I stare at her.
“She told me she’d gotten divorced.” Dejonae’s eyes lift to mine. Fury whips through her gaze. “That you already knew about it.”
“I did know.”
“And you kept it to yourself?” she accuses.
“It is not important.”
