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“I see”

He definitely didn’t see and was probably starting to realize just hoard I was I barreled ahead with, “My friend Griffin inherited this place fro after she died, so brace yourself The inside is even frillier and more eccentric than the outside, and the purple continues throughout h”

When we reached the foyer, Logan glanced at the living roo-colored nightmare “The lady in the portrait above the fireplace is my friend’s Aunt Roz, who left him this place,” I said, not that he asked “She was a film star in the forties and fifties, and this house was her pride and joy”

“It’s a beautiful home”

“It is for sure,” I said “But it’s probably not what you were expecting”

“I’, but I like this place,” he said “It’s interesting” Interesting was one of those words that could definitely be interpretedweird that he’d be talking about it with his buddies for weeks to come

When we reached the lavender kitchen, I pulled tine glasses fro at all the silly little tchotchkes lining the shelves and counters After a moment, he asked, “Is your friend Griffin home?”

“No He and his husband are on an extended honeymoon in Paris”

“So, you’re all by yourself in this huge house?”

“Yeah, but that’s nothing new They actually spend most of their time at their second home in the desert”

He said, “You et lonely”

Since I was trying not to come across as pathetic, I pulled up a s by myself”

After I poured two glasses of the an asked, “Can we sit outside? It’s a nice night” When I agreed, he followed h the den, then out a pair of French doors to the patio

He was right about it being nice out It was fairly warm for mid-March, and the moon was nearly full As we settled onto a pair of Adirondack chairs, he said, “I noticed your slight accent Where are you from?”

“I was born in Mexico, but I moved to the US just before my twentieth birthday”

“Did your family come with you?”