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SUMMONS (N.)
A DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE COURT AT THE TIME A LAWSUIT IS FILED, STATING THE NAME OF BOTH PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT, THE TITLE AND FILE NUMBER OF THE CASE
ELIZABETH
The doorman at Damien’s condo smiled at me as I approached.
“Nice seeing you again, Elizabeth,” he said. “How have you been lately?”
Heartbroken.“Good, and you?”
“Same ole, same ole.” He escorted me to the elevator and hit the button for Damien’s floor.
The doors glided shut and my brain taunted me withall the times we’d stumbled inside kissing after hours, all the times we’d come here after long stakeouts and he’d devoured me for dinner.
As much as my brain begged me to call him for this occasion, I’d never be able to live with myself if I didn’t see him face to face.
Ding!
Stepping out of the car, I hesitated a few moments before knocking on his door.
He answered the door shirtless, and I bit my bottom lip at the familiar sight of his chiseled chest. He was wearing a pair of greysweatpants that hung off his hips in a way that made me want to tug on his drawstring and let him have me right here.
“Hello, Elizabeth,” he said, his voice deep.
“Hello, Damien.”
“Would you like to come inside with me?”
I nodded, but the word “no,” fell from my lips.
Just say what you came here to say, Elizabeth.
“I wanted to thank you for getting my sister out of prison,” I said. “I don’t know how you did it, or what type of strings you had to pull, or what you even think of me and all the lies I told you, but I appreciate it beyond measure.”
He stared at me.
“Ellie really wasn’t involved with what happened that night, if you’re curious,” I said. “We were innocent.”
He remained silent.
“I had an entire speech planned but I left it, and—”
“You look beautiful as hell,” he interrupted me.
“You do, too.”
“Come inside, Elizabeth.”
“I can’t.”
“Why?” he asked. “Date with your new guy?”
“No, we didn’t work out.”
“Why not?”
“He thought I was hopelessly stuck on my last guy.”
