“Yes. Yes, for sure. Maybe tomorrow afternoon? We could
start with some filming. It’s really not complicated to use the
camera. You’ll catch on right away. We could sit down and
edit whatever you shoot tomorrow night. Then you can see the
process as one fluid thing.”
“A symbiotic thing?”
Adalynn laughed. “I don’t know about that. Maybe.”
Cassia pulled something out of the back pocket of her jeans.
The pair of leather gloves Adalynn had left out on the table for
her early that morning. “Thank you for these. They’re
awesome.”
Adalynn didn’t get a chance to respond before Cassia
slipped out the sliding door to go back to work. She wasn’t
sure what she would have said even if she’d had a chance. The
words felt stuck her throat, but they were also burning her
stomach. Was it terrible to imagine a life without someone in it
when they’d come into it out of nowhere and would leave soon
after?
She had more than a lump in her throat when she thought
about Cassia leaving. She wouldn’t just miss her. It was so, so
much more than that. Adalynn didn’t have words to describe
how she’d feel with Cassia not there. She didn’t even want to
think about it, but unless she changed her mind about a lot of
things, changed her habits, her routine, her very life, unless
she got brave real fast and got real true to herself, she couldn’t
imagine Cassia staying, no matter how much she might want
her to.
Chapter 15
Cassia
“Can I ask you a question?”