OUTBURST

and drive and is a sweet woman.”

“Oh, shit,” Kenny breathes.

“What?”

“Sounds like you more than like her. You’re smitten.”

I don’t know what to say to that. Am I smitten with Lucia? We’ve only had a handful of interactions, and not all of them have been great. But then I recall the two nights I spent with her and how amazing she felt in my arms.

I haven’t reacted to a woman like that since my late wife. Does that mean something? But why did it have to be with one of my tenants? Why couldn’t she be an ordinary person?

She is ordinary. Just not ordinary to you.

“Well,” Kenny says with a shake of his head, “this is fucked up. What are you going to do now?”

“I don’t know. I doubt I’ll be able to contact her without her screaming at me or hanging up.”

“And approaching her will end up with a similar result, I’m sure.” Kenny rubs a hand over his face. “God, you really know how to mess things up, huh? You’ve barely started as the boss, and you’re already fucked it up?”

I frown at him.

“You do