Me:
Why.
Nova:
I keep thinking about your hands.
I look at the phone.
I look at the wall—check my phone again.
Me:
Specifically.
Nova:
Specifically.
Me:
Where.
Nova:
You really gonna make me say it.
Me:
Yeah.
A pause. Three dots. Stops. Three dots. Stops. I sit on the edge of the hotel bed in Vegas with my phone in my hand and watch her decide.
Nova:
In my hair. on the back of my neck.
I exhale through my nose.
Me:
And the other one.
Nova:
Jax.
Me:
Where’s the other one Nova.
Nova:
lower.
I am no longer thinking about second period.
Me:
