James

The silence as we drove to the hotel was maddening. I tried flipping through the radio to fill the car with a random song but that didn’t work either. The awkwardness after I let her pack her things and follow me to the vehicle still lingered.

She must’ve gotten over the shock and realized how much closer we’d gotten in the past few minutes. It made me wonder if I made her uncomfortable if she didn’t feel as safe as I thought.

I looked at her on the passenger seat, her ...