Page 14 of Edge of Heaven

“If that makes you uncomfortable, I apologize,” I add quickly. “I just thought you might have… thought about me too.”

“I think about it a lot too,” she whispers as the shuttle starts to slow down.

“Terminal three,” the driver announces.

“Yes, thank you.” Taryn quickly picks up a large shoulder bag and gets to her feet.

“Have a safe flight,” I say quietly.

“Thank you.” She stares down at me for a moment. “And thanks for riding with me. It was nice to have a few minutes…to just talk.”

“Any time. And I was serious about the offer to hang out while he’s on stage. I know what it’s like to be lonely.” It feels weird to have to sneak around to just talk, but if that’s my only chance to spend time with her, I’m going to take it.

“Are you…lonely?” she asks curiously.

“Sometimes.”

Our eyes lock again, and we just sit there for a few seconds as the shuttle driver gets out and goes around back to get her suitcase.

“I’ll see you when I get back,” she says.

“I’m looking forward to it.”

“Play well while I’m gone.”

“I’ll do my best.”

I watch as she gets off the shuttle, gets her suitcase from the driver, and then heads into the airport.

“You’re not getting out?” the driver asks me as he climbs back into the van.

“No.” I shake my head. “I’m going back to the hotel with you.”

He grins. “That’s kinda romantic, buddy, riding with your girl to the airport.”

My girl.

Wouldn’t that be nice?

Too bad she’s already taken.

“We’re just friends.”

He arches his brows. “You for real, buddy? The way you looked at each other—no way that had a ‘just friends’ vibe.”

“Unfortunately, she friend zoned me. She already has a boyfriend.”

He makes a face. “You plan to fight for her?”

That never even occurred to me.

You can’t fight for someone who doesn’t want to be fought over.

Can you?

“I don’t know,” I respond. “I guess only time will tell.”

“Don’t wait too long,” he says, pulling back into traffic. “Beautiful girl like that—someone’s going to wife her up before you know it.”

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