Room 1208 by Sophia Renny

Author:Sophia Renny [Sophia Renny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 18520853
Published: 2013-09-14T23:00:00+00:00

He held her hand as they walked along the still busy sidewalks. She could not stop looking up at his smiling profile every few seconds. Jason. Jason. Jace. He was really here, holding her hand, here in the heart of Manhattan on a balmy summer night.

She swung their arms, giving in to the happy impulse to skip beside him. Dressed as she was in black yoga pants, pink hoodie and sneakers—her workout gear—she felt like a teenage girl. A teenage girl in love.

Jason laughed as he brought her closer to his side. “Watch out for that garbage can, hon.” He steered them around it.

“Have you always lived in New York?” she wondered.

“No. I was born and raised in Nebraska.”

“Right next door!”

“You’ve always lived in Iowa then?”

“No.” She hesitated. “I grew up in Washington State. I went to the University of Iowa and decided to stay there after graduation. Do you still have family in Nebraska?”

“Yes. My parents live there. I have two younger brothers, one lives in Nebraska, the other moved to Idaho.”

“Are they married?”

“Nathan, the middle one is. He and his wife, Anne, have one daughter and another baby on the way.” There was a slight catch in his voice. She pressed his hand. He pressed back, giving her a sideways smile. “And you? Do you have any brothers or sisters?”

“Oh, what is that delicious smell?”

They were walking by a bakery. It was closed, but a light shone from a small screened window near the entrance to a narrow alleyway. She tugged Jason’s hand, bringing him to a halt just outside the open window. Peeking in, she watched as an older man, Italian by the looks of him, pulled trays of freshly baked bread from a huge commercial oven.

“That smells wonderful!” Maggie said loudly.

The man turned from the oven and smiled. “You like sourdough bread, lady? You wanna try?” Without waiting for a reply, he set a loaf on a cutting board and sliced off one end. He unlatched the window screen and handed the bread to her.

Maggie released Jason’s hand to hold the warm chunk of bread in both hands as she took a bite. She rolled her eyes in ecstasy. “Oh my God, this is delicious. Try some.”

She held the bread up to Jason. He took a bite from her hands, his eyes twinkling into hers. “Mmm,” he said. He took another bite, his teeth also taking a teasing nibble at her fingers as he did.

Maggie gave a shivery laugh. She turned back to the baker. “Will you sell that loaf to us?”

The older man waved his hands. “No, beautiful lady. That was the first batch. You were my test tasters.” He chuckled. “You’re still alive. Means it’s okeydokey.”

Maggie and Jason joined in his jovial laughter. “How lucky for us that we were walking by at just the right time,” Maggie said.

While she spoke, the baker put the loaf in a paper bag and extended it through the window. “Here, you take. Godetevi. Enjoy.”

Jason pulled out his wallet and drew out a ten dollar bill.

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