Ch. 11: Between Us

The city never really slept, and tonight neither did he.

Money could buy a great many things, she had learned, but never the one thing that was wanted most. Emily crossed the room slowly, aware of every step, of the way she was watching without seeming to. She remembered the first time, and the last, and all the ordinary days in between that had somehow mattered more.

For a heartbeat the careful distance between them thinned to nothing at all. There was a history between them that neither would name, written in the things they did not do. For a heartbeat the careful distance between them thinned to nothing at all.

Emily crossed the room slowly, aware of every step, of the way she was watching without seeming to. Emily crossed the room slowly, aware of every step, of the way she was watching without seeming to.

She thought of all the versions of herself she might have been, and wondered which one he saw.

Money could buy a great many things, she had learned, but never the one thing that was wanted most. She remembered the first time, and the last, and all the ordinary days in between that had somehow mattered more. Emily crossed the room slowly, aware of every step, of the way she was watching without seeming to.

By the time the light faded, nothing was decided, and yet everything felt different.