Chapter eighty seven
David
Oh! That came out so unexpectedly. Come on, he is just a stranger who's doing his job of delivering a car.
So why the hell is he asking if we have been together? Or how long we've been together.
I know Maria is just as shocked as I am.
Or she's trying to join some dots.
"What do you mean?" she asks after a moment of silence.
"Oh. Is that what he told you?" she adds to the question.
What? That sounds so ridiculous, I don't even know the man. So what is the woman before me talking about?
"What do you mean? What do I mean?"
Eh? Is he trying to make a tongue twister in the middle of this awkward moment?
We glare at him unanimously and he realizes it and feels the need to clarify.
"I'm sorry," he clears his throat., "I didn't mean to overstep. But the way you two are looking at each other makes it so obvious. It doesn't take a genius to tell that there's something going on."