You (You #1)(113)

She needs my acceptance. I smile. “No apology necessary.”

Now it’s her turn and she complies, playful. “I probably sound like a lunatic. Do you guys hire lunatics?”

I tell her that we only hire lunatics and she thinks I am funny. She has a lilting laugh and she likes it here with me. She will be my cashier and my girlfriend and the next time I’m invited to a wedding, it will be addressed to Joe Goldberg & Amy Adam and I won’t have to worry about finding a Guest. You are gone, forever and she is here, now.