“Being with me is complicated.” My pulse ricochets every which way. “Do not shut the window—” “I’m not,” he forces “You sure?” “For sure,” Oscar says strongly. “Just giving you the opportunity to crawl back out of my open window.” He swallows harder, choked at the thought. “You can still back out. This is day one. You’re not in that deep.” I laugh like he has no idea. “Yeah I am.” My feelings…can’t walk away from those.

