Chapter 44: Dinner and Other Invitations
Later that day, Liza arrived at Del’s, balancing a paper bag that smelled strongly of curry and lime. She was ten minutes late, which Del noted as soon as she appeared in the doorway.
“You said six.”
“It’s six-ten,” Liza answered, dropping the bag onto the coffee table and beginning to unpack carton...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Meet Cute
2. Chapter 2: I Bother With Purpose
3. Chapter 3: Daniel
4. Chapter 4: Naked Shall You Return
5. Chapter 5: The Price of Salvation
6. Chapter 6: April is Too Spring-y
7. Chapter 7: The Golden Boy and the Serial Offender
8. Chapter 8: Rain Delay
9. Chapter 9: Not Really Here
10. Chapter 10: All The Wrong Places

11. Chapter 11: Room For One More

12. Chapter 12: Tell Me Something Good

13. Chapter 13: Cat-fishing

14. Chapter 14: A Knock At The Storm

15. Chapter 15: The One Who Showed Up

16. Chapter 16: One Month Probation

17. Chapter 17: Borrowed Things

18. Chapter 18: Two Cinnamon Rolls

19. Chapter 19: For Research Only

20. Chapter 20: The Shelter’s New Volunteer

21. Chapter 21: Memorize and Deleter

22. Chapter 22: Toby’s No Pressure Coffee Invite

23. Chapter 23: Private House Tour

24. Chapter 24: The Whiteboard Rules

25. Chapter 25: A Foot In the Door

26. Chapter 26: Too Close

27. Chapter 27: Curious Questions

28. Chapter 28: Not a Date

29. Chapter 29: After Dark

30. Chapter 30: Just Checking

31. Chapter 31: Cold Showers

32. Chapter 32: Shifting Tables

33. Chapter 33: The Rain and The Ride

34. Chapter 34: A Quiet Kind of Care

35. Chapter 35: The Aisle of Confusion

36. Chapter 36: A Quiet Offering

37. Chapter 37: The Long Night

38. Chapter 38: What Wakes In The Morning

39. Chapter 39: Human Nature

40. Chapter 40: Where They Aren’t

41. Chapter 41: Dangerous Combo

42. Chapter 42: Birthday Bargain

43. Chapter 43: Not a Threat

44. Chapter 44: Dinner and Other Invitations

45. Chapter 45: Coffee Was a Lie


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