Maggie pretends to observe the waffle pattern on the narrow channel of bedspread between them while surreptitiously watching John through her lashes. She doesn’t know what it is about the next question that makes his broad shoulders sag, but she notices that they do. For some reason, she feels that she needs to be a little careful with her answer.
“I think that I would walk away. Although it is nice to be called beautiful.”
11/12, bite ward
“I think that I would walk away. Although it is nice to be called beautiful.”