Chapter 22: Toby’s No Pressure Coffee Invite
Del stepped out of the building, slinging her canvas bag over one shoulder as she adjusted the strap of her headphones. The hallway buzz behind her faded into the outdoor hush of late afternoon—students scattered across the quad, and the dry hum of traffic beyond the gates.
She was halfway down the ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Meet Cute
2. Chapter 2: I Bother With Purpose
3. Chapter 3: Daniel
4. Chapter 4: Naked Shall You Return
5. Chapter 5: The Price of Salvation
6. Chapter 6: April is Too Spring-y
7. Chapter 7: The Golden Boy and the Serial Offender
8. Chapter 8: Rain Delay
9. Chapter 9: Not Really Here
10. Chapter 10: All The Wrong Places
11. Chapter 11: Room For One More
12. Chapter 12: Tell Me Something Good
13. Chapter 13: Cat-fishing
14. Chapter 14: A Knock At The Storm
15. Chapter 15: The One Who Showed Up
16. Chapter 16: One Month Probation
17. Chapter 17: Borrowed Things
18. Chapter 18: Two Cinnamon Rolls
19. Chapter 19: For Research Only
20. Chapter 20: The Shelter’s New Volunteer
21. Chapter 21: Memorize and Deleter
22. Chapter 22: Toby’s No Pressure Coffee Invite
23. Chapter 23: Private House Tour
24. Chapter 24: The Whiteboard Rules
25. Chapter 25: A Foot In the Door
26. Chapter 26: Too Close
27. Chapter 27: Curious Questions
28. Chapter 28: Not a Date
29. Chapter 29: After Dark
30. Chapter 30: Just Checking
31. Chapter 31: Cold Showers
32. Chapter 32: Shifting Tables
33. Chapter 33: The Rain and The Ride
34. Chapter 34: A Quiet Kind of Care
35. Chapter 35: The Aisle of Confusion
36. Chapter 36: A Quiet Offering
37. Chapter 37: The Long Night
38. Chapter 38: What Wakes In The Morning
39. Chapter 39: Human Nature
40. Chapter 40: Where They Aren’t
41. Chapter 41: Dangerous Combo
42. Chapter 42: Birthday Bargain
43. Chapter 43: Not a Threat
44. Chapter 44: Dinner and Other Invitations
45. Chapter 45: Coffee Was a Lie
46. Chapter 46: A Quiet Company
47. Chapter 47: Inexperienced Del
48. Chapter 48: The First Time (Sort Of)
49. Chapter 49: Coffee and Complaints
50. Chapter 50: No Means No
51. Chapter 51: Victory Takeout
52. Chapter 52: The Art of Touch
53. Chapter 53: Learning Her
54. Chapter 54: Coffee and Clouds
55. Chapter 55: Rain on Stone
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