A BEAUTIFUL ENDING

"Excuse me," she said, and tried to walk past him.

Ace blocked her, and dragged her back to the position she was before.

"Really? Excuse you? Is this how we're going to end this conversation?"

"You didn't even want to talk to me before," she snickered. "Don't pretend now that any of this makes any difference to you. Besides, there's something important I have to do."

"Fair," he bobbed his head. "Do I need to wait for you?"

"Do whatever you please, Ace. This garden is taking me down memory lane, and I doubt it's something we both want to remember."