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A casual conversation with Lucy gave hi the house around six that evening

By fifteen to six, Jim and I were in my truck—thank God for tinted s—and parked half a block down from Ella’s house It’s where Jim, Ella, and Lucy had lived as a fahborhood with gorgeous ho super mansions pro-sports players usually buy to show off their money Jie Rover—and he purchased a Mercedes for Ella But their house is probably half the size of some of the other players’

Who knows… ive it? But I so to do with it based on Ji on himself

Jithy stakeout He had a ther full of snacks I took one look at them, then asked if he had his camera with a telephoto lens too

With a good-natured grin, he reat zoom feature on its camera”

Right at six, a silver Lexus SUV pulls into the driveway We watch as the sao heads up to her front door to get her He carries no flowers or chocolate—bad form, dude—but they’re probably past those rituals It’s been at least two additional weeks since we realized she’s been seeing hih we don’t kno often I suppose their behaviors will tell us so

I can feel Jireeting theThere’s no invitation in Rather, he grabs Ella’s hand and leads her to his vehicle He opens the door for her—bonus points, dude—and they pull out of the driveway

Luckily, they go in the direction we’re already pointed, so, once they’re past us, we slowly pull onto the road to follow at a discreet distance

“What did you make of that?” Jim asks

“Make of what?”

“They hugged, but there was no kiss Maybe they’re just friends”

I knohat it’s like to be friends with a girl, and ‘just friends’ don’t hold hands like they were “It’s retfully inform him “But the fact they didn’t kiss does see each other for at least teeks, right?”

“Maybe longer,” he says glumly

“But it could be only once a week for all we know”