“You say that. And yet she was crying last night.”
“Please, Monty. I want to make it right. I can’t lose her.”
Monty stared at him for a moment.
Finally, he gave him a nod and an address.
“But that’s the bookstore.”
“And Selene’s home,” Monty said. “Bring her a hot pretzel,” he suggested.
“I can do that,” Finn said, daring to feel hope for the first time in hours.
“Finn,” Monty called.
“Yeah?”
“Bring our girl home.”
“I will.”
He would.
Whatever it took. Even dropping out of the race, he’d do it. For her.
“Not now,” he snapped when Henry tried to stop him.
“Finn, we don’t have time for this. You’re still lagging in the polls. You have to get your face out there and change public—”
“There’s only one thing I need to do right now. And that’s try to convince the woman I love to give me another chance. Everything else can wait.”
Henry wasn’t done, though. He followed Finn into the elevator.
“There’s no time—”
“Then we lose the election.”
“How can you say that?” Henry shook his head. “This is all you’ve ever wanted.”
“Things change. Nowsheis all I want.”
As soon as the doors slid open, he strode out, ducking his head to avoid the hard look from Willow as she watered the plant in the lobby.
“You,” a voice said as Finn stepped onto the street. His head jerked up, seeing Arden barreling down the sidewalk toward him.
“I know. I’ve heard it all from Monty already. And there’s nothing you can say to me that I haven’t already been saying to myself.”
“Good. You should be wallowing. Now go do something heroic and romantic about it. Do you have any idea how hard it is to plan a wedding for two people who have practically been in love since they met but are too stubborn to see it? I’m surviving on caffeine and Firis fan fiction.”
“Firis?”
“Finn and Iris. It’s your couple name.”
“There’s fan fiction about us?”
“There’s fan fiction about the gargoyle who sits on top of the First Paranormal Bank building and sighs each time one of the tellers shows up to work. Of course there’s fan fiction about you two. But I bet after last night’s fiasco, adozen new story arcs are being created as we speak. And I want them all to end in scandalous sex and happy endings. Fix it, Finn.”
With that, he walked off.
