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"You could say that again."
I put the ticket into the slot and then a door opens to the right of us. I can hear jazz music playing from the bottom of the stairs and I glance at him with wide eyes.
"Oh my gosh, this is so cool. I've never been to a speakeasy before."
"Well I'm glad that I'm your first," he says as he leads me down the stairs.
We make our way into a small room and there are about twenty other people there sitting at small little circular tables. There's a stage at the front of the room where a saxophone player, trumpet player and someone on the keyboard is playing. A beautiful, tall woman with long curly hair steps onto the stage and starts singing a song about New Orleans.
"This is perhaps the coolest moment of my life," I say, looking at him. "I'm not even mad that we're not in Paris."
"Really?" he says. "You like it that much?"
There is a happy look on his face and I nod. "Yeah, this is the best fun night I've ever had."
"Oh, yeah? Better than date nights even?" he asks, grinning.
"I'm not even going to answer that question," I say as we make our way to a table and sit down.
Within moments, a tall man with a buzz cut stops by. "Welcome to the Laundromat. Would you like two of the specials tonight?"
Kingston looks at me and I nod. "Sure. Thank you."
"Great. They'll be right out."
He disappears and I look at Kingston with wide eyes. "We don't even know what they are."
"I know we don't, but isn't that part of the excitement?"
"Yeah," I say, sitting back. "This is so cool."
I look around me at all the other couples and I feel like I'm part of something. I feel like I'm experiencing a moment on a checklist that I hadn't even been aware that I should have on the list.
"You know what's crazy?" I say, as I look over at Kingston.
"No. What?"
"This is so cool and this is the sort of moment I expected to have on my travels around the world and I didn't even think that I could experience something like this right here in New York. It just reminds me of how little I really know The City, how little I've explored. Shoot, how little I've explored the country."
"So what? You don't want to travel around the world now?"
"Oh, no. I definitely want to travel around the world, but I guess I can do more exploration and travel within the state as well."
"Yeah," he says, with a nod. "And maybe other states."
"Yeah. I mean, I have to see how much money I have, but..."
"Stop thinking about money," he says."You tell me that I'm obsessed with money, but almost everything you talk about comes down to money and how you don't have enough to do it. Sometimes in life, you have to make the opportunities. You have to make things happen. You can't wait until you have the money."
I stare at him for a couple of seconds. "True, but I don't want to be homeless or living in the streets or have nothing to eat."
"You can always count on me. You can always call me. No matter when, no matter why, no matter how, I'll be there for you, Skye."
I blink rapidly, trying not to cry. "That doesn't seem very professional."
“Are you saying I’m not professional?" He scowls slightly.
"I’m saying you seem really caring toward me right now and is that really an emotion that you should have toward me?” Why do I sound like I’m begging him to tell me he has feelings for me?
