Chapter 2: You’re Adorable, Micah Berk
October 6, 2015
The Following Year
Miss Kitty said, “I have a surprise for you.”
“What kind of surprise?”
We were in her kitchen, downstairs from the attic, and enjoying morning coffee and pineapple Danishes that she picked up from the local bakery during her morning walk. Miss Kitty was on an exercising kick and was trying to eat foods that were better for her, minus the martinis she enjoyed every night before bed, and Danishes for breakfast. She sat on one side of the breakfast table positioned between us, and I sat on the other side. The Danishes were delicious, sticky, and soft, just the way we both liked them.
“I don’t want to spoil the surprise for you, Micah. What kind of friend and landlady would I be if I did that?”
I rolled my eyes an
