CHAPTER 7: MY SOLDIER BOYI AGREED TO GO OVER to Daniel’s place later that evening so we could talk. But I wanted to get off the graveyard creeps. I hated those places. And besides, though I didn’t anticipate anything happening between us tonight, I still wanted to look nice.
When I got to his apartment, I paused at the bottom of the steps, smoothing my hair and clothes. Drawing a deep breath, I hurried up the stairs and knocked on his door. He opened the door, stepping back so I could come in.
“I thought for a minute that you weren’t coming,” he said, closing the door.
“I said I’d be here,” I said. I turned around and lost all of my bravado.
While I had my back to him, my resolve was strong. I wouldn’t give in. I wouldn’t let him sway me. Yeah well that went out of the window. As soon
