The Peacock 1559

" "You placed yourself under his power, you mean." "Okay." "But you didn't let him get away with it." "He seems to still have an agenda with me. I mean, I thought, or I hope, that all he really needed was meaningful connection with me, so we spent the whole day together, church, then hiking in the forest, then the coffee shop, and somehow, it all backfired." "our friend is playing hardball." "So, what are we going to do?" "What are you going to do-" "I guess I will just have to keep setting boundaries with him" "Are you atttracted to him?" "Yes." "That's going to make it difficult." "Hey, you and I are attracted to each other." Carl doesn't respond, but simply stares out his window as we approach the oak Street bridge...