Behind the scenes
I gulped.
“Now, would you come have breakfast with me? Brunch actually, it is way past breakfast time.”
Not trusting my voice to sound like a person’s or trusting my words, I nod instead, he smiled again,
“Great.”
I do try to get up by myself, believe me, but in between my rubbery knees and my dazed mind... he swooped down, slid his right hand under my back, and the other under my knees, I pick up my tea cup right before he picked me up from the ground, bridal style.