The Spaces In-between

Elena couldn’t believe she said yes.

She sat in Dom Sterling’s car, stiff as a board, her hands tightly folded in her lap like she didn’t trust them not to do something stupid—like reach out, touch him, slap him… or maybe worse, hold onto him.

The car was too quiet. No music. No idle chatter. Just the hum of the engine and the occasional sigh of the wind against the windows.

Dom kept glancing at h