Miles
returns from his quick trip to town.
He
looks for Sephora inside. Sure that
she’s avoiding him as much as he’d been avoiding her, he decides to look for
her in the garden.
Sure
enough, Sephora is standing outside looking very upset.
“Hey
babe,” Miles says in an apologetic voice.
“Hey,” Sephora answers back.
Miles
puts one hand behind his back and holds the other out toward his wife. “I…I wanted to apologize for the other
night.”
Sephora
places her hand on her hip in a defensive stance. “Miles, I-”
she begins.
Miles
interrupts her by pulling a dozen red roses from behind his back. “Oh Miles!” Sephora says instead.
“I’ve
been an ass,” Miles begins. “I should
have discussed the advance with you before I took it.”
“Well, I should have trusted your judgment,” Sephora returns.
“Same
here,” Miles says pulling out another gift for Sephora.
“Oh
Miles, how thoughtful!”
“I don’t like it when we’re not getting along,” he says, his voice full of regret.
Sephora
doesn’t respond. Instead she moves in
for a kiss.
After
all of their years together, they still get tingles every time their lips
meet.
They
pull away, but Miles is not yet done expressing how sorry he is. “Sephora, I promise to make good on the
advance. Our finances will not suffer
because of it.”
“I believe you Miles.”
“Now
go inside and enjoy your gift,” Miles commands.
Sephora
complies and turns to enter the house.
Inside
she spots Zawadi. I’m determined to
patch up our relationship also, she thinks to herself.
Part
of the home renovation included a new bathroom makeover, along with a new
tub. Sephora opens her gift discovering
that Miles bought her bubble bath to enjoy in the tub.
Sephora
usually avoids baths, because of all the wasted water, but realizes that she could actually use a
soak in the tub to relieve her stress.
Miles
settles down at his keyboard to begin working on a new tune…
…as
Zawadi sits alone eating dinner; lost in her thoughts about Mitchell.
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