AVERY
When a long time passed and it didn’t look like he was going to be able to come up with something to say, decided to step up and help him. He was probably going to need some time to get used to Mariah anyway.
I caught myself when I thought about the implication of what I just thought. Was I already assuming that Cyrus was going to stick around? As in spend more time with me—with Mariah?
I shook my head hard. Lets not get crazy, Avery.
“We started talking the second time he came to the bar. It was a little conversation.” Then, just to be bitchy, I added, “Doesn’t even count as a conversation if you really think about it. Not even halfway. Barely lasted ten minutes.”
Two pairs of eyes were on me now. One shocked, the other intrigued. The former danvced between me and t
