Rosethorn (44 page)

“Are you going to Denali’s tonight?” Lisa asked with a wink. Eden was always in awe of how women like Lisa made even the most harmless question sound like a double entendre. Denali’s was the bar across the freeway where most of the cops, some of the attorneys, and “badge bunnies” like Lisa hung out after work.

“Yeah, sure. Are you?” Lisa and Beau headed out of her cubicle and continued their conversation in the hallway, to Eden’s relief.

She immediately brought up her browser and logged onto Twitter again. @agelastadam hadn’t tweeted her anything else while she had been talking to the officer. She felt a twinge of disappointment. She was surprised to realize how much she’d enjoyed their little exchange.

Curious, she clicked on @agelastadam’s avatar, which brought up his profile. All his bio said was an enigmatic “In the blue continent.” He was only following one account - hers.

She scrolled down his history of tweets. The first one he ever posted was this morning. To her.

Read the rest when
Dear Adam
comes out in Fall of 2013.