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I’ll go right to the store tomorrow after school and search for one, she replied.
And the clerk will go right out and tell the whole town what sort you bought, he teased.
She laughed. Oh, the joy of small towns.
They’re the backbone of the world, aren’t they? he texted back.
They are. I’m sorry you can’t sleep. Bad memories?
Oh, no. Delicious ones. I ache every time I remember those few minutes on your front porch.
Her heart jumped. She felt exactly the same. Delicious, she typed.
And addictive.
Definitely.
I have no plans to stop, he texted after a minute.
She felt warm all over. I don’t, either.
There was a long pause, during which she felt as if he was right in the room with her and she was hungry and thirsty, but not for food.
Going to try to sleep now. You do that, too, he said. Sleep well, angel.
She smiled. You sleep well, too. Good night.
Good night.
She turned the phone off, but she felt safe and warm and content. She closed her eyes and went to sleep with the phone under her pillow.
* * *
“Mom! Mom, we’re going to be late!” Teddie called from the doorway.
“Late?” Katy sat up in bed, looking all at sea.
“Late for school and late for work. Late, late, late!”
“Oh. Oh!”
She threw off the covers and got out of bed, groaning when she looked at the clock. She wouldn’t even have time to make coffee . . .!
“I made you a cup of coffee and put it in your Starbucks coffee carrier,” Teddie added.
“You sweetheart!” Katy called. “Thank you!”
“I figured it was the least I could do, considering all the candy I got last night. I had fun!”
“I did, too,” Katy mused.
Teddie laughed. “I noticed.”
Katy threw a pillow at the door.
Teddie ran, laughing all the way down the hall.
* * *
