"Mmm. I hear that." Her eyebrow twitched upward. She gave Corbin's hand an extra squeeze and let go to place her palms on the small of her back. Adrenaline's elbows flexed back and forth like butterfly wings.
"So, Corbin, it happens that you're the first of the Very Special Kids I've run into in New York and I've been here two weeks." She scuffed her tennis shoe on the patio and tilted her head. "I was startin' to think New York's not all it's cracked up to be. Glad you're here to put me straight."