this morning #532.

this morning, yesterday’s exchange with her new friend was weighing heavy on her. at the very last minute, just as they were about to reveal which titles they had selected, she’d made the split-second decision to remove the dust jacket from her beloved copy of “beloved.” she saw in his scruffy lil’ face that he’d noticed. it was just that she wasn’t sure if she knew him well enough to know for sure that he’d take good care of it. he still hadn’t invited her over & had an inkling that it was because he was a slob. for an hour, she debated whether she should send him a text to address the elephant in the room. eventually, she psyched herself up & typed “you around later? was thinking of stopping by.”