“Can you give me a minute?” Gwen asked with a broad smile. “I need a drink. Scarlett, Rucker, you’re not thirsty, I hope?” she said with a wink.
Rucker gave her a tight smile and Elgin gave her an angry look.
She walked away towards the kitchen and turned around just before leaving the room.
“While waiting for the water to boil, try to have a social conversation.”
She left the three of us in the living room, twirling around.
It was exactly in this kind of moment that we realized how well Gwen knew how to furnish and fill the deep void we were in when she wasn’t around. And I assure you that in that void, things were happening that really made me want to be somewhere else.
Since entering this house, Elgin kept his eyes on me, forcing my heart to continue its mad race. Rucker remained
