Late night dinner or Afternoon Coffee?

Chapter 36

Elliot decided to head back because it was almost getting dark.

Kathy and I moved in silence inside the apartment. My heart was screaming with words that my mouth was too heavy to say. Kathy kept glancing at me thinking that I would say a word but I felt myself blushing as we stepped inside. My mind kept wandering to Elliot if he would be okay, going home all by himself. Then I remembered that this wasn't the first time he was disguising himself just because he needed to step out for a while.

I noticed that Kathy was all dolled up, it was like she was going to an event. Since the atmosphere hovering above us was still heaving in silence, I seized the opportunity to ask her. "Are you going out? You are looking extra beautiful."

She was tightlipped for a second. "Drew and I agreed to meet up to see a movie. It was a movie we both wanted to see, so we planned today for it."

I didn't see that one coming. I grinned at her and she swatted my hands away from her as I tried to hug