~ETHAN WILDER~It felt right to have her peacefully sleeping in my car, her light snores feeling it. I released one hand from my steering and gently pushed strands of her hair backward, behind her ear and away from her forehead.As I looked at her, I knew I was going to protect this woman with my life, and that I wanted her in it. Anyway, anyhow. I wanted her with me and it was more than I had now. Returning my eyes back to the road, I allowed myself to think. To think about her, about us. Tonight, I wasn't going tonight the truth. She was more than the daughter of a good friend to me. I didn't care this much because of her father, this was something more.But was I ready to explore this 'something more?'When I had realized it would soon be closing hour, I had called her to instruct that she wait for me. It had rang many times and went to voice mail. Then I had sent texts and had concluded that she was probably buried into work.But when I had come back to find her office kidding, I
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