To the Airport

Sera

I’d overheard Killian and Tommaso’s entire conversation, and I wouldn’t lie that I got choked up. The two of them had been best friends for years and had never really spent much time apart. This was a first for both of them.

I was going to walk in at some point to stop Tommaso from leaving without saying goodbye because I knew he was planning to ditch me to avoid the emotional farewell. But when it was clear he was on a tight schedule, I came up with my own plan. When he’d seen me sitting in the driver’s seat, he shook his head and climbed in.

They also probably heard me hightail it down the hallway. At least I’d made it into the right car. I’d heard Tommaso rattle off the license plate. My heart had started to beat out of my chest. I’d suddenly felt like a stowaway, but when Killian spotted me and grinned, I knew everything was fine, and he didn’t mind me taking Tommaso to the airport.

“Be careful, righthand,” I’d heard Killian say as Tommaso opened the back to throw his suitcas