Chapter 8: Unexpected

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Aiden's P.O.V.
January 2019

The cold wind whips across my face as stand on the corner, my head against the wall as the cold December air cuts through my lungs. "Hey man, nasty weather we're having." A kid in a navy blue coat and tight "cool boy" pants says as he stops to put money in my old tin coffee can. "Yeah." I say and then give a nod of approval at the $50 he managed to put in. His girlfriend, the red head that I see going to work at that tech firm, hunkers further into her furry coat and rubs her gloved hands together. "What's your name?" She asks me. "Aiden." I say and she extends her hand, ignoring the glances from her boyfriend as we shake hands. "I'm Justine." "Come on babe or we'll freeze!" The boyfriend says jokingly. "Wait Max." She says and then turns back to me. "We're going to Starbucks for coffee. I'd be delighted if you joined us." Max looks at her with disgust and I'm getting ready to say no, but she takes my hand and then says: "Come on, Max is paying." Cutting a coy look at Max. "Fine. Let's go." He says and Justine leads me by the hand across the street to Starbucks.

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