Echoes of Unrequited Love

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But since she threw the idea out there, I had no place to veto it, so I just kept mum as a way of giving the thumbs up.

Timothy didn’t object either, nodding his head, “Sounds kind of interesting.”

Now we were all just waiting for Hogan to weigh in. Knowing him as I did, there was no way he’d usually be caught dead playing. such a “lame” game.

But the next second, I heard him go, “I’m cool with it.”

Color me surprised. I was also pretty curious about what Hogan would do if he ended up in a situation where he and Shirley were gripping each other’s hand.

With four of us, statistically, there was bound to be a pair making the same move. Sure enough, soon after the game started, Shirley and I both snipped out scissors.

We were both sharp as tacks and the same sex, so our handshake was smooth as silk. The second round had Shirley and Timothy both coming up with rock – childhood buddies, they breezed through it.

Then in the third round, the moment I’d been wondering about happened – Hogan and Shirley both threw paper.

Shirley, all smiles, reached out her hand towards Hogan, but the guy cool as a cucumber, just picked up his glass and downed his drink. Shirley’s hand was left hanging in the air.

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at Shirley and said, “she runs a

dashed, had to save

even there, but her

talked about being

the minutes ticked by, the vibe got more chill, and I didn’t know how many rounds in, I ended

broad palm covered the back of my hand, his warmth spreading from my fingertips to behind my ears. In a flash, my face was on

Timothy’s fingers gripping a tad tighter,

just go with it. Then I hear Timothy say, “Xaviera, it’s just a

my hand, about to explain, when suddenly there was this crash – Hogan’s bottle had taken a dive onto the floor. The whiskey splattered all over his light–colored trousers, a real

eyesore.

you hurt, Mr. Zade?” It was Shirley who spoke.

missing a beat, said, “It’s nothing, just a shame

Deve

Shirley slurred, her eyes adding a seductive glint, “If you want to drink, I’ll keep you company all

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