Going Up (The Elevator Series Book 2) by Katherine Stevens

Author:Katherine Stevens [Stevens, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KATHERINE STEVENS
Published: 2017-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

MAGGIE

I was in Finn’s car. Finn was here. Like for real. And he remembered me. And he kissed me. Sweet baby Jesus riding a tricycle made of fire, did he kiss me. Those kisses were better than anything I remembered or dreamed. He had scruff for days. He looked like he hadn’t shaved in a while, and that was a look he was pulling off so well. He seemed so calm, and I was climbing out of my skin thinking about dragging him back to my apartment, stripping him naked, and never letting him leave. I wanted to finish every sexy dream I’d ever had about him.

But he really knocked the wind out of me when he told me he had a heart transplant. The thought of him almost dying made my chest hurt. He looked so different when he was talking about it. He was glass pretending to be iron. He didn’t need my emotions or my pity, though. He probably already had his fill of that.

I noticed a tiny black and white photograph of a beautiful brunette tucked into the dashboard. I assumed it was a picture of his grandmother, and it looked like it had been there for decades. I wanted to know everything about him, but I would save that question for another time. I still had trouble talking about my grandfather, and it had been two years since he’d passed.

I decided to start with a safer topic. “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”

He kept his eyes on the road while he drove. “Two older brothers. I didn’t get the full big brother experience, though. They might as well have wrapped me in bubble wrap when I got put on the transplant list. You?”

“Only child.”

“So you’re spoiled and used to getting your way, then?” His mouth curved into a smile.

“Only all the time. I’ve been told it’s endearing, though.” I pulled a section of my hair forward and fanned out the ends.

“Who told you it was endearing?”

“Well, I tell myself that in the mirror, but it still counts.”

He turned off 11th and onto 45th.

I realized we were going away from the restaurants and attractions, and I had no idea where we were headed. “Finn, where are we going?”

He took another left turn onto 12th “I thought we would go to the pier since it’s right here.”

His tone said he wasn’t joking, but he had to be. There was a reason the city tours didn’t stop there. “You’re taking me to the Hudson River for our first date? The river where they dump garbage and sewage?”

He made a tsking sound. “They don’t dump sewage there.” He looked at my face. “Well, they don’t dump a lot of sewage there. I like to come down here and watch the ferries sometimes. It’s very relaxing.”

He parked his car in an area that didn’t look like a designated parking area, but it had been so long since I’d parked a car that I wasn’t sure. Finn ran around to the passenger side and opened my door.

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