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Yes! Tons of take-out orders!

Along with the exhilaration, I also felt a sense ofco? That would seem a perfectly natural reaction, since it waswith the exhilaration and the co, add one dash ofbutterflies?

No, that’s not it

A heart estion?

With your cast-iron stomach? Hardly

So what is it?

Hopefulness? Joy? Intrigue?

Indigestion That’s it Tooyou butterflies?

Mmm-hmm

I pondered this while I held a cucuhts Thoughts I didn’t have time to explore, because the owner of the cucuh the front door, his eyes searching for mine Cue the butterfly croutons

When Leo sahat I was holding, his face broke into a rin

In that instant, all of the air left the room In that instant, all I are of was his face and those eyes and that grinand a quickly war cucumber In that instant plus one secondI realized I was in deep trouble

Because this guy was incredible

Because this guy was real and sweet and kind, and he knew about the kinds of things that could wiggle through every chink in my arasaset his hands dirty

Not afraid to talk dirty