On the bench across the cage with birds…
Both Imani and Jamari were looking up and Imani leaned her head on Jamari's shoulder.
He glanced at her apprehensively.
"I lied…" Imani said.
Jamari wondered, how can she lie if she took the truth serum? "About?"
"That there are no fireworks when we are close."
Jamari saw Imani smiling and her face was illuminated with a variety of colors from the fireworks. Well, it's true. There are fireworks and it's not just the butterflies in his stomach.
Imani took a deep satisfied breath. Now that she is close to Jamari and he is not running away from her, Imani can confirm that the weight from the previous two months is gone. If she knew that it would turn like this, she would not reject him after Disneyland. But then… maybe this was the lesson she needed in order to understand how much Jamari means to her.
