Author’s Note: At the request of my friend Maia, this is the ‘prequel’ to Ava and The Beef.
It was the morning after. They showered together, then Barton turned on her TV, wanted to watch some tennis tournament. Ava was trying to be a gracious host. She made mimosas, put out a bowl of pistachios. She couldn’t stand tennis. Barton watched tennis. She watched him.
He took the pistachios, shelled them, dropped the shells in a little side bowl.
Held the meat of the nut in his left hand until he had shelled an entire handful. Without eating one. Then he shoved all of them in his mouth at once. She could never trust a guy like that.
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