{20}

At 4:00 on the dot, my doorbell sounded, and I got up from my place at the counter and peeked through the peep hole. It was a delivery person. I unlocked the door and opened it up. I smiled and started getting handed my bags of groceries. I had 17 of them. I felt bad, so I handed the guy a $40 tip. A $20 for him and a $20 for the other kid helping him. I thanked them and closed my door. I was putting the groceries away when my phone started going off. Whoever it was, didn’t have an assigned ringtone because it was my main ringtone. Jurassic Park Theme song. Only special people in my phone had assigned tones.

I grabbed my phone and was shocked to see Tyler’s name flashing across my screen. I stammered for a second, then answered the call. “Hello?” I cautiously asked as soon as the line connected. “Hey there Beautiful.” Oh smooth. Real smooth. “Chief.” Was all I said, and I heard him laughing. “In my defense, I didn’t know you were going to be in my work center, the new 1