Roll Out The Red Carpet

Austyn came home to find Kira waiting for him. She was sitting on the front stoop, knees drawn up, chin on palms. Austyn shut off the engine but remained in the car. Like a commander doing recon before battle, he assessed the situation. To have her sitting out here at such a late hour was a blue-moon event. Something was definitely up. His suspicions were confirmed by what happened next. He opened the car door but before his shoes touched the ground, Kira had rushed over. If she had a tail, it would be doing a helicopter wag. ‘Honey, welcome back! Have you eaten? I bet you haven’t. You must be famished. Please come in.’ Her dimples grew more pronounced with that smile, which was sweet enough to eat pancakes with. Honey? Austyn’s eyebrows shot up. Finding himself in unfamiliar territory, he remained silent to gather more intel. ‘Here, let me get that for you.’ Kira took the heavy briefcase from Austyn and set it on a table near the front door. She scurried to the shoe cabinet and trotte