![]() But as the roof lifted off the top of my car, instead of blue sky, all I saw was a billboard.Ī giant damn advertisement that had to be three-stories tall. Some fresh air might help to clear my head on the half-hour drive. ![]() So I decided to get off the Expressway at the next exit and pull over to put the top down on my car. It was a beautiful, warm day-we wouldn’t have too many of those left now that it was almost mid October. ![]() The only good thing was that being so sorry for myself about what I’d lost kept me from thinking about my father and all the shit that had gone down in Chicago. My mind was stuck replaying everything about Valentina over and over again…from the time we spent together to what Eve had said last night. ![]() Since it was still early, I managed to navigate through the city and out the tunnel in less than a half hour. I walked to work, but kept my car parked in a garage a few blocks from the office. If you need me, you can reach me on my cell.” “I’m going to take a ride over to the Long Island City property, just to check in. I walked out of my office at only two o’clock. I sat in on a meeting and read a few emails, but I couldn’t tell you what the hell either was about. The entire night and next morning, I was fucking useless. “Right.” Eve smiled like she’d enjoyed delivering the blow. I swallowed and nodded, but my expression went from bullshit happy to wounded. Eve shrugged as if the next words weren’t going to make me feel like she’d kicked me square in the nuts. ![]()
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