**Jake POV**
Tillie and I have been working on one of her dad’s properties in town for the last week. If there is anything we have learned about Dennis this week, it’s that he’s a hoarder. I’m not sure how he afforded this stuff or where he got it from but the little one-bedroom house was a disaster. We rented a dumpster and spent several hours of the day cleaning it out. Tillie has been keeping me at arm’s length since the funeral and it hurts my heart. It feels like the universe finally gave us a second chance and she wants nothing to do with it.
“Hey Tillie. Can I ask you something?” I ask her nervously as we throw out the last bags of trash.
“Sure, what’s up?” she replies, breathing heavily, wiping the sweat from her forehead on her arm.
“We’ve been spending a lot of time together
