MAXINE

"But I’ve always seen it as a kind of hidden gem. It's like a home away from home," he said to me.

I chuckled, relieved. The less people that knew what happened here, the better. “Yeah, you could say that.”

"Anna, there’s something special about this place. But I think what makes it special is the people here. People like you.” he bumped shoulders with me lightly.

"Conrad…”

“I mean it,” he said, stepping even closer that our bodies were almost literally ...