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Penn: Um, no. Why? Someone sent you food?
Holly: Yeah. Just wanted to check.
Penn: Wasn’t me. Maybe it was delivered to your room by mistake?
Holly: Good point. Okay, night!
Ten minutes later, there was another knock at the door, and Holly vaulted off the bed. Tiptoeing over to it, she peeked out of the peephole, but just like before, there was no one there.
Slowly, she opened the door and looked around, finding nothing but an empty hallway. But there, at her feet, was a package wrapped in shiny purple and black paper.
“This is getting ridiculous,” she muttered, picking up the package. A small white card was attached to the wrapping paper, and she flipped it open.
“The only way to put the past behind us is to finally face it head on, in all its glorious imperfection. Then never look back again.”
Frowning, she tore at the paper, and sitting there on top of a t-shirt were her old leopard-print glasses from college. Upon closer inspection, she realized they weren’t the same glasses, but they had the same pattern.
She glanced around the hallway again before unfolding the t-shirt—a Sundown Republic band tee.
Holly swallowed, hit hard with the memory of Eli telling her that maybe cute blondes with leopard print glasses who wear Sundown Republic t-shirts were his type.
Hehad done this.
She glanced over at the cart which held the coffee and brownie.
Of course. That had been her go-to snack back in school.
“Donnelley?” she called. She propped the door open with her discarded high heel so it wouldn’t close, then walked out into the hallway, waiting.
But he didn’t answer.
Sighing, she grabbed the coffee and the brownie, along with the shirt and glasses, and went back into her room.
Well, at least now she knew the food was safe to eat. Good thing too, because she wanted to attack that delicious looking brownie.
She set everything on the bed and put her hands on her hips, staring down at the items.
Well, if she hadn’t walked down memory lane long enough last night,thiswas certainly one hell of a nostalgia trip.
Still feeling unsettled, she walked over and grabbed her coffee, then devoured half of the brownie. It was the best brownie she’d ever had, and she wondered where the hell he’d purchased something so delicious.
Twenty minutes later, she was flying high on sugar and caffeine after polishing off the food and drink when there was another knock at the door.
She ran over to it and threw it open, but like before, she was too late—the hallway was empty.
Glancing down, she found ten tiny stuffed pink rabbits arranged in a perfect line.
Unable to help herself, she snorted with laughter as she bent down to pick up a bunny that had a card pinned to its chest. She flipped it open, then laughed again.
“Want me to clothesline them for you?”
Yeah, she was still angry at him, but it was getting really difficult to stay mad, especially when he’d put so much thought and effort into this whole thing.
Glancing down at the bunnies, she decided to leave them on the ground.
“Yes, I do!” she called, then closed the door.
Another knock sounded before she even had a chance to step away, and she fumbled for the handle. “Eli,” she called, pulling the door open. “Where are—”
