Chapter 28: PRESENT

The next day she could have lingered but she got up, dressed and after kissing and hugging Lee goodbye, Tory went to the bus stop so that she could go home. That evening after she'd finished cleaning her apartment and doing the laundry her phone rang and it was Lee explaining how much he missed her. He'd gone to the grocers with one of his sisters and had gotten his shopping done and now he was thinking about her dancing.

"Oh. I got you a present. I'll give it to you tomorrow on the bus." He said.

"A present? You found something for the mantle?"

"No. This present you aren't going to want to keep on the mantle...maybe a little closer to your person."

"So...are you going to give it to me on the bus?"

He sighed. "Tory, you know what you do to me when you talk dirty...But if I could give IT to you on the bus, I most certainly would. But the present I have for you—now that I can manage on the bus."

They talked for almost an hour and then she showered and put on pajama bottoms and a te