Santa Barbara, California
2010
A tease. A prude. Just some of the names Maya imagined she’d be labeled as. She’d left Rex’s house in a hurry and caught the first cab in sight. Gabe had taken the car. It’d be too embarrassing to ride with Rex all the way home after having second thoughts. That was the most intense they’d made out. The heated feeling resided in her, making her insides resemble mush. How could she show her face to him again?
Just as she’d been dropped off at her apartment, she’d already received five calls and twelve texts from Rex asking if he did something wrong. Only looking at three of them, she ignored the rest, her pulse still racing from his touch.
I can assemble and disassemble an assault rifle in under ten seconds. I can hold my breath for six minutes, I can take
