Taste

“Look at my daughter. Isn’t she the most beautiful baby you have ever seen?”

“Gianni, you have to stop saying that to everyone who comes in here,”

my gut hadn’t told me to run.

It told me to stay.

“Excuse me,” I said. “I’m just going to use the restroom. Is there a dad’s bathroom or anything?”

I don’t know whether to hug you or take off my belt and whip your ass for the first time in twenty-three years.”

Anything I could do to increase Ellie’s chances of snagging that 30 Under 30 spot, I’d do it.

But truthfully, I did like Gianni’s hands. After his butt, they were probably my favorite part of him.

In fact, my first instinct upon waking was to pull her even closer, my body curled tightly behind hers like two spoons in a drawer.

Fuck me like you hate me

You’ve always been the unattainable girl of my dreams, Ellie.

stupid game of Seven Minutes in Heaven the summer after our junior year.

That night had messed