The Highest Bidder
“They’d stayed locked there in an embrace, her perched on the counter, him secured in her arms. It had felt perfect and right and wonderful. But in the end she had promised to bid on him if no one did. And that was what made him feel some relief in his gut.
‘Now what are you going to do about the fact that you seem to be falling for her?’ he asked himself, moving slowly around his apartment. Touching the sofa where they had been, imagining he could feel her there. Her energy.
Casey was beautiful... and brilliant and kind. The mere fact that she was certain he’d earn as many bids as all the other bachelors spoke of her good heart. It had never occurred to her that he would be “less than” in some of the bidders’ eyes because he basically lived a somewhat struggling but often artistic living. Sometimes he was flush; sometimes he ate noodles every night for dinner.
‘She wants an antique store. Second hand,’ he muttered.
He grabbed a beer from the fridge and tried to remind himself that she’d just lost her husband.MoreLess
‘Now what are you going to do about the fact that you seem to be falling for her?’ he asked himself, moving slowly around his apartment. Touching the sofa where they had been, imagining he could feel her there. Her energy.
Casey was beautiful... and brilliant and kind. The mere fact that she was certain he’d earn as many bids as all the other bachelors spoke of her good heart. It had never occurred to her that he would be “less than” in some of the bidders’ eyes because he basically lived a somewhat struggling but often artistic living. Sometimes he was flush; sometimes he ate noodles every night for dinner.
‘She wants an antique store. Second hand,’ he muttered.
He grabbed a beer from the fridge and tried to remind himself that she’d just lost her husband.MoreLess
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