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“I don’t want to go with Taryn.”
“Tough shit. I don’t want to go with you.”
He puts his weight onto his back foot, annoyed. “So it’s a no?”
“It’s a hard no.”
His eyes hold mine, and I know he’s trying to think of something to say.
“Good night, Henley.” I close the door in his face and walk back inside to Joel. “Sorry about that.”
“Let me guess, your neighbor?”
I give a heavy sigh.
“He likes you.”
“No. Trust me, he doesn’t.”
“I’m telling you; I know when a man likes a woman. He likes you.”
“Yeah, well . . . it’s not happening.” And I really don’t want to discuss this with you. “Where were we?” I ask him.
“The couch. I think two three-seaters.”
Thursday morning, 6:30 a.m., I walk up the corridor of San Sebastian Nursing Home. My first shift at my second job has been a delight. I’m going to do three nights a month, and that should free up some funds for these stupidly expensive furnishings.
“How was it?” Sonya smiles.
“Great, actually.” I’m relieved. I had no idea what I was signing up for. “Everyone was so nice.”
I glance up the long corridor and see a familiar figure walk into one of the rooms and close the door behind them.
Was that . . .
“Who was that?”
“Who?”
“I just saw a man walk into the room at the end?”
She looks at her watch as we walk up the hall toward the room. “Oh, that would be Bernard’s son.”
“Bernard?”
“One of our patients.”
We stop in front of the door in question and peer through the window. Henley is dressed in his suit and laying out clothes on the bed.
I frown, confused.
“He is the most gorgeous man,” she whispers. “He comes every morning and feeds his father breakfast and gets his clothes out for the day.”
I watch as Henley smiles and chats with the old man. He cups his face in his hands and says something and then goes and gets a pair of clippers from the bathroom to help him shave.
“Breaks my heart.” She smiles sadly.
“Why is that?” I frown as I watch the pair.
