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left her alone?”
        “Yeah we haven’t heard anything from him. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.” 
    One thing was for sure; she was glad Dominic lived next door. After what he’d done, she felt secure like chest straps of climbing gear. 
          “You came,” Hope said, catching his eyes for seconds. It was enough time to recognize the look that turned up volumes.
        “I came.”  He stared at her but she was still a zillion miles off. At least that’s what he thought.
        She kind of smiled and pressed her lips together, staring at her shoes.
        “I didn’t think you would, it being so late and everything.”
       Her earring glistened with pink and blue gold light.
        “I thought you wanted to thank me.”
        Hope looked at him and then looked away quickly. “Me?”
        “Well he had his hand around your throat…” Dominic bit his bottom lip and squinted. “I got him away from you and…put him out of commission indefinitely.”
        A big word…impressive…mmm-hmm. She tried not to smile making it obvious to him that she wanted to.
       “Wow,” he said with a laugh. “Really? All right, all right.”            
        He glanced at Shamayla. “Pretty girl. Very exotic looking.” Now Dominic was staring right at Hope from a profile angle and Hope could see it through her peripherals. 
        “A lot of guys like Shamayla. He was a huge waste of her time.”
       Dominic could smell her perfume and felt himself wanting to get closer, looking at her hair that rested down her back. She felt her purse vibrate and took her phone out of it to read a text.
       “Boyfriend?” he asked.
       “I can’t stay. I have to go.”
        Dominic didn’t want to feel the disappointment in his gut but it was churning up like bad acid reflux. When Shamayla returned, Hope took her aside and talked in her ear. The girls returned and Shamayla said she could stay but Hope unfortunately could not. Everyone was a little disappointed but not as much as Dominic. When Hope stuck out her hand to Dominic, he gripped it firmly and held onto it stopping her from walking away.
       “Let me walk you to your car,” he offered.
       She looked down at his hand that was like, thrice the size of hers.
       “I’m not parked far.”
      “The less I have to walk.”
       Hope looked into his eyes but it was too dark to tell what color they were.
       “Okay,” she said with a slight shrug of her shoulder. She waved over it and Dominic’s friends smiled suspiciously as he followed behind her.
     
     Right away Hope noticed it was breezy out and the air had a little chill. Dominic noticed too and instinctively took off his heavy hooded zip up and draped it over Hope’s naked shoulders. Not only was she instantly warmed on the outside, but on the inside too. Dominic was certain she’d say “No thanks” but instead she snuggled herself in it. 
      “So why you have to leave so fast?”
      They stopped at Hope’s Civic.
       “I just wanted to get out of there.”
       “Understandable,” he said. “I don’t really want to be out tonight myself.”
        Hope looked up at him, trying not to stare or make things awkward for either of them. She still couldn’t make out the color of his eyes.
       “Do you have your truck?”
       “No, I came with the guys.”
        “If you’re ready to leave I can drive you. You said you don’t want to be out tonight. You want a ride?”
        He wasn’t planning on this so it caught him off guard, but yes, that was frikken perfect.
       “It’s not like it’s out of the way.”
       “Yeah, okay.”
         Hope tried to suppress a smile. Dominic could tell she was trying not to smile and smiled himself.
         “Get in,” she said, opening the driver’s side door.
         There were bright red air freshener cherries hanging off her rearview mirror, making her car smell sweet. Dominic