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“It appears that way. I hope she sticks to her guns. Jill is soft-hearted. This thing with Michael has laid a gigantic guilt trip on her.”
We spent the rest of our ride talking about Jill and Darin mostly. I was happy for Darcy. I was hopeful that Jill would stick to her guns.
Darcy dropped me at the main police station when we reached Charlottesville. She waited to make sure there were no snags in getting my car.
Once back at our apartment complex, I pulled my VW in the space right next to hers. We unloaded her trunk and trudged across the bridge-way towards our building.
Once inside our apartment, we dropped our baggage to the floor.
“God, I hate unpacking,” she said, collapsing down on the overstuffed sofa. “I’ll go check our mailbox,” she offered, getting back up on her feet and heading out.
Our mailboxes were located on the ground level of the building, off from the lobby entrance.
I fumbled around in my purse for my new phone and called Kyzer.
“Hey, you,” he answered. “Did you make it back?”
“Just now came through the door,” I said, smiling. “How about you?”
“I am just now heading from the airport in my car. Are we still on for dinner tonight?”
“Absolutely,” I answered. “Casual dress okay?”
“Perfect,” he replied. “I’ll pick you up around seven, okay?”
“I’ll be ready.”
“I really missed you, Lindsey.”
“I missed you too, Kyzer. See you soon.”
I felt happy and content. I was looking forward to spending time with Kyzer this evening. I suppose this was our first official date.
I lugged my suitcase to my room and placed it on the bed. I might as well get the unpacking over with. I was fairly certain Darcy would put off her unpacking until tomorrow or the next day. She was known to procrastinate.
I unloaded my suitcase, perching Robespierre at the head of my bed on one of my pillows. He was a bit worse for the wear. The purple velvet ribbing around the poodle’s neck was a bit frayed. Maybe I would buy some ribbon and spruce the old boy up a bit.
I had finished unpacking when I heard Darcy come back into the apartment.
“You wouldn’t believe the stack of mail we had,” she said. “I had to go to the office because there was a note in our mailbox that a package had been delivered for you that they were holding.”
“Really?” I asked, coming down the hallway to the living room.
“Yep. Looks like flowers,” she commented with a sly grin. “They were delivered just today, so someone knew you’d be back.”
She handed the long white box over to me. It was tied with a gorgeous purple silk ribbon. Someone knew that purple was my favorite color.
I sat down on the couch with it in my lap, untying the large bow ribbon, letting it drop to the floor in my excitement.
“I bet it’s from Taz,” she said.
“I bet it’s from Kyzer,” I replied. “He’s extremely thoughtful that way.”
I managed to get the ribbon off and carefully lifted the lid off of the box. My eyes widened as I saw a dozen, long-stemmed black roses inside.
Black roses? What the hell?
“Black roses?” Darcy asked. “Who would send you black roses?”
