Chapter 17
March 12th, 2012
Warren Park, Indiana
“We need to talk.”
“About?” I asked her as I peeled off my jacket and hung it on the back of the door and then waited while Gevona did the same.
“About me...about us.”
“There is no ‘us’,” I remarked back to her, while trying to keep my tone even. Turning away from her at that, I walked out of the little entry hall and headed toward the kitchen. It was late, but our habit had always been to eat something after shift. Lots of things had changed in the last couple of months but that hadn’t.
“I knew you would make this hard.”
“Make what hard? I’ve done nothing the last couple of months but try to get over myself and stay friends with you. You’ve been aloof and downright standoffish.” I said my piece matter-of-factly because I really beli
