The Widow's Friend by Dave Stone & Callii Wilson

Author:Dave Stone & Callii Wilson [Dave Stone & Callii Wilson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0077FE19W
Published: 2012-02-08T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

“And the Night Wore On”

I opened the door and there he stood, and he looked just as good as or better than he had the first time we’d met. He had a bag full of books in his hand so we immediately made the exchange—his books for my dolls. He tried to pay me for the dolls, but I would have none of it.

“But it’s how you make your living and it’s just an expensive hobby for me,” he said. I shoved the twenties back into his hand with determination. Selling dolls really wasn’t how I made my living, and I made that very clear to him. So once we had that settled we migrated into the living room and settled in on the couch.

Levi was easy to talk to. He made me feel comfortable right from the first, and he was really nice. Yes, nice would be exactly the word that I’d use to describe him. He was not cocky or full of himself, not crazy funny, and not overpowering, but just simply nice—and I really liked that about him.

We made small talk for the first little while, but then the conversation opened up very quickly. I’d promised him that I’d tell him of my marriages sometime, and this seemed like the right time to do it—so I did. He seemed genuinely interested and asked enough questions to express as much, but at the same time he didn’t push too hard, and he seemed very accepting of the fact that my marital history was simply what it was. Not everyone felt that way, but Levi seemed totally nonjudgmental.

A cat meowed from outside the window. It was the big yellow cat that had begun hanging around my place. It was strutting back and forth on the window ledge.

“Yours?” Levi asked.

“It seems to think so,” I answered. “It’s been hanging around for about a week.”

“Have you fed it?” he asked.

“Once or twice,” I said, a little guardedly.

“That’s a good thing,” Levi said. “It’s a measure of your heart.” He chuckled quietly.

“I like cats,” I said softly.

“Like I said…” he answered.

“They say if you know how to make friends with strange cats you will always be lucky.” He smiled again.

“I don’t believe that!” I answered, but I glanced at the cat. Its green eyes seemed to glow.

We talked and talked and then talked some more, until he finally reached out to hold my hand. He reached out and I slid my hand into his. It seemed such a natural progression that I hardly even knew that it happened, but I had no inclination to pull it away. It seemed appropriate, and it seemed to fit—but then I sat up straight.

“I have to tell you something, Levi. I really shouldn’t hide this from you. I have a roommate and I want you to meet her. She’s downstairs right this very minute.”

“A roommate?” he said. He seemed a bit off balance.

“Yes, let me introduce you, she lives in an apartment downstairs.” I grabbed his hand and pulled him up off the couch.

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