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He turned around and saw her seated by the window with her mother. “Hi, Saylor. Sally,” he added, taking her mother’s outstretched hand.
“Thank you for dinner last night, Monk.”
He nodded and was about to turn back around to order when Sally stood and walked around him.
“Excuse me,” she said, pointing to the restrooms.
“Nice seein’ you,” he said to Saylor.
“Wait, Monk. Do you have time to sit for a minute?”
He nodded and sat in the chair her mother had just vacated.
“I really enjoyed the time we spent together last night. I want you to know that.”
“Me too.”
“It’s just that…my life…your life.”
Monk leaned forward and rested his arms on the table. “Let me tell you what I think, since I already heard what you think.”
“Okay,” she said, barely above a whisper. She sat back in her chair and folded her arms.
“From the first moment I saw you, I wanted you. That hasn’t changed. I have no idea what tomorrow will bring. I never do. As you told your brother, you know exactly how our lives work. I’ll tell you this, though, if you and I are in the same place at the same time and there’s a chance I can feel your naked body next to mine, I’ll take it.”
He smiled when she dropped her arms to her sides.
“Jesus,” she muttered, making him smile more. “What woman could resist that?”
He stood and leaned over her, his mouth near her ear. “I don’t care what any other woman would or wouldn’t do.” He put his fingers on her cheek, turned her head, and kissed her. It wasn’t a chaste kiss. He didn’t waste time with shit like that, he thought to himself as he felt the tip of Saylor’s tongue play with the silver ball on the tip of his.
“I’ll see you later,” he said when he heard Sally clear her throat.
“Okay,” Saylor murmured.
“Bye, Monk,” Sally said.
“Bye, Sally.”
He walked out of the coffee shop, picked the books up he’d left on the table, and kept walking.
7
“Wow,” said her mother, fanning her face.
“Stop it.”
“Not a chance. Tell me what he said.”
“You’ve got to be kidding.”
“Saylor, there hasn’t been a time in your life when you didn’t tell me everything, whether I wanted to hear it or not. Don’t stop now.”
“He said that if he and I are in the same place at the same time and there’s a chance he can feel my naked body next to his, he’d take it.”
“What did you say?”
“I asked what woman could resist that.”
