"You're not? You don't have to do that, Landon."

"I don't have to do anything," I tell her, repeating something I said to her the very first time we met, "but I want to. I don't want to waste a minute with you."

"But..." and then I realise she feels guilty. Only Aurora could feel guilty about me playing hooky. I love her a little bit more for it.

"No buts... I'll work tomorrow." I look at the photos above her desk. She'd had shorter hair then. "I like your hair like ...